Nemean Games
Pindar also alludes to the founding of the Nemean Games, by Adrastus (so also in "Nemean" 8 and 10). In the fighting at Thebes, Pindar says that, just as Amphiaraus is about to be struck in the back by the spear of Periclymenus, to save him from a warrior's "disgrace", Zeus split the earth with his thunderbolt, and buried Amphiaraus along with his horses. As for the rest of the expedition: