Xen. Anab. "Thence he marched two stages, ten parasangs, to Peltae, an inhabited city. There he remained three days, during which time Xenias the Arcadian celebrated the Lycaean1 festival with sacrifice and held games; the prizes were golden strigils, and Cyrus himself was one of those who watched the games."
See:
- Xenophon. Anabasis. I.2.10.
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia. V.29.
- Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor, University of California Press 1996