It is a place in Athens and a shrine of Herakles [established] for some such reason as this. Didymos,[1] an Athenian, was sacrificing in the hearth; then a white dog appeared and snatched the offering and put it somewhere [else]. Didymos was alarmed, but the god told him[2] that he should establish an altar of Herakles in the place where [the dog] put the offering; hence it was given the name Kynosarges.[3] So since Herakles is reputed to be a bastard, for that reason the bastards -- those qualifying as citizens neither paternally nor maternally -- used to exercize there.