Some of the Dorians had already by night secretly entered the city and concealed themselves within its walls; but, as the day dawned, and they found themselves abandoned by their associates and surrounded by the foe, they fled to the Areopagus and the altars of the Furies; the refuge was deemed inviolable, and the Dorians were dismissed unscathed--a proof of the awe already attached to the rites of sanctuary [96].

Still, however, this invasion was attended with the success of what might have been the principal object of the invaders.

Megara [97], which had hitherto been associated with Attica, was now seized by the Dorians, and became afterward a colony of Corinth.

This gallant but petty state had considerable influence on some of the earlier events of Athenian history.
III.

Codrus was the last of the Athenian kings.