Passage 4.3.4
Ἀριστόδημος μὲν οὖν ἐτύγχανεν ἤδη τεθνεώς, Θήρας δὲ ὁ Αὐτεσίωνος τῷ Κρεσφόντῃ μάλιστα ἠναντιοῦτο, τὸ μὲν ἀνέκαθεν Θηβαῖός τε καὶ ἀπόγονος πέμπτος Πολυνείκους τοῦ Οἰδίποδος, τότε δὲ ἐπετρόπευεν Ἀριστοδήμου τοὺς παῖδας θεῖος ὢν πρὸς μητρός· Αὐτεσίωνος γὰρ θυγατέρα Ἀριστόδημος ἔγημεν ὄνομα Ἀργείαν. Κρεσφόντης δὲ--- γενέσθαι γάρ οἱ ἤθελε τὴν Μεσσηνίαν πάντως μοῖραν--- Τημένου δεῖται, παρεσκευασμένος δὲ τοῦτον τῷ κλήρῳ δῆθεν ἐφίησι.
Now Aristodemus was already dead, and Theras, the son of Autesion, particularly opposed Cresphontes. Theras was originally from Thebes, a fifth-generation descendant of Polyneices, son of Oedipus, and at that time, being Aristodemus' maternal uncle, he was guardian to Aristodemus' children. Aristodemus had married the daughter of Autesion, whose name was Argeia. Cresphontes—who was eager by any means to obtain Messenia as his portion—requested Temenus' assistance, and having secured his help beforehand, he pretended to leave the matter to be determined by lot.