ðə mˈɛmbɚz ʌv ðɪs hɛksˈæpəlˌɪs wɜːɹ ɐkˈʌstəmd tə sˈɛləbɹˌeɪt ɐ fˈɛstɪvəl, wɪð ɡˈeɪmz, ɔnðə tɹaɪˈoʊpiən pɹˈɑːmɔntɚɹi nˌɪɹ sˈiːnˈɪdəs, ɪn ˈɑːnɚɹ ʌvðə tɹaɪˈoʊpiən ɐpˈɑːloʊ; ðə pɹˈaɪzᵻz ɪn ðoʊz ɡˈeɪmz wɜː bɹˈeɪzən tɹˈaɪpɑːdz, wˌɪtʃ ðə vˈɪktɚz hædtə dˈɛdᵻkˌeɪt ɪnðə tˈɛmpəl ʌv ɐpˈɑːloʊ; ænd hˈælɪkˌɑːɹnəʃəs wʌz stɹˈʌk ˌaʊɾəv ðə lˈiːɡ, bɪkˈʌz wˈʌn ʌv hɜː sˈɪɾɪzənz kˈæɹid ðə tɹˈaɪpɑːd tə hɪz ˈoʊn hˈaʊs ɪnstˈɛd ʌv lˈiːvɪŋ ɪɾ ɪnðə tˈɛmpəl.
The members of this hexapolis were accustomed to celebrate a festival, with games, on the Triopian promontory near Cnidus, in honour of the Triopian Apollo; the prizes in those games were brazen tripods, which the victors had to dedicate in the temple of Apollo; and Halicarnassus was struck out of the league, because one of her citizens carried the tripod to his own house instead of leaving it in the temple.