118. In the mean while, those who were within the fortification were reduced to the last extremity, so that they boiled and ate the cords of their beds; and when they had these no longer, then the Persians, and Artayctes, and Eobazus made their escape by night, descending by the back of the fortification, where it was most deserted by the enemy. When it was day, the Chersonesians from the towers made known to the Athenians what had happened, and opened the gates; and the greater part of them went in pursuit, but some took possession of the city. 119. As Eobazus was fleeing into Thrace, the Aspinthian Thracians seized him, and sacrificed him to Plistorus, a god of the country, according to their custom; but those who were with him they slaughtered in another manner. Those with Artayctes, who had taken to flight the last, when they were overtaken a little above Ægos-Potami, having defended themselves for a considerable time, some were killed, and others taken alive, and the Greeks, having put them in bonds, conveyed them to Sestos; and with them they took Artayctes bound, himself and his son. 120. It is related by the Chersonite that the following prodigy occurred to one of the guards as he was broiling salt fish; the salt fish lying on the fire leaped and quivered like fish just caught; and the persons who stood around were amazed; but Artayctes, when he saw the prodigy, having called the man who was broiling the salt fish, said, "Athenian friend, be not afraid of this prodigy, for it has not appeared to you; but Protesilaus, who is in Elæus, intimates to me, that, though dead and salted, he has power from the gods to avenge himself on the person that has injured him. Now, therefore, I wish to make him reparation, and instead of the riches which I took out of his temple, to repay one hundred talents to the god; and for myself and my children, I will pay one hundred talents to the Athenians if I survive." By offering this, he did not persuade the general, Xanthippus; for the Elæans, wishing to avenge Protesilaus, begged that he might be put to death, and the mind of the general himself inclined that way. Having, therefore, conducted him to that part of the shore where Xerxes bridged over the pass, or, as others say, to a hill above the city of Madytus, they nailed him to a plank and hoisted him aloft, and his son they stoned before the eyes of Artayctes. 121. Having done these things, they sailed back to Greece, taking with them other treasures and the materials of the bridges, in order to dedicate them in the temples; and during this year nothing more was done. 122. Artembares, the grandfather of this Artayctes who was hoisted aloft, was the person who originated a remark which the Persians adopted and conveyed to Cyrus, in these terms: "Since Jupiter has given the sovereign power to the Persians, and among men to you, O Cyrus, by overthrowing Astyages; as we possess a small territory, and that rugged, come, let us remove from this, and take possession of another, * better. There are many near our confines, and many at a distance. By possessing one of these, we shall be more admired by most men; and it is right that those who bear rule should do so; and when shall we have a better opportunity than when we have the command of many nations, and of all Asia?" Cyrus having heard these words, and not admiring the proposal, bade them do so; but when he bade them, he warned them to prepare henceforward not to rule, but to be ruled over; for that delicate men spring from delicate countries, for that it is not given to the same land to produce excellent fruits and men valiant in war. So that the Persians, perceiving their error, withdrew and yielded to the opinion of Cyrus; and they chose rather to live in a barren country and to command, than to cultivate fertile plains and be the slaves of others. INDEX. ABE, a city of Phocis, with a temple of | Abaris, a Hyperborean, iv. 86. Æa, a city of Colchis, i. 2; vii. 198, 197. Eaces, son of Syloson, and tyrant of Sa- Abdera, a town in Thrace, i. 168; vi. 46; acidæ, viii. 64. Abrocomes, son of Darius, vii. 224. Abronychus, an Athenian, son of Lysicles, Abydoni, the, vii. 44. Abydos, a city on the Asiatic side of the Acanthians, the, vii. 22, 117. Eacus of Ægina, vi. 35. Egaleos, a mountain in Attica, viii. 90. geus, son of Oiolycus, iv. 149. Acanthus, a city of Macedonia, vi. 44; vii. Ægicores, son of Ion, v. 66. 116. Acarnania, in Epirus, ii. 10. Aceratus, a prophet at Delphi, viii. 67. Achæans, twelve states of, i. 145; viii. 73. Achæmenes, father of Teispes, and ances- Achæmenidæ, the royal family of the Per- Achaia, of the Peloponnesus, i. 145; of Achelous, a river of Ætolia, ii. 10; vii. Acheron, a river of Thesprotia in Epirus, Achilleian Course, a district near the Acræphia, a city in Boeotia, viii. 135. Adimantus, son of Ocytus of Corinth, viii. Adrastus, son of Gordius, and grandson of Adrimachidæ, a people of Libya, iv. 168. Ægidæ, a tribe in Sparta, iv. 149. Ægilia, an island of the Styreans in Eu- Ægira, a city of Achaia, i. 145. Ægyra, a city of Achaia, i. 145. Enus, a city of Thrace, iv. 90; vii. 58. Æolis, vii. 176. Eolus, father of Athamas, vii. 197. Aeropus, father of Echemus, ix. 26. Aeropus, descendant of Temenus, viii. 137. Esanius, father of Grinus, iv. 150. Africa, ii. 26, 32; iv. 17, 41, 42. 44. See Agæus, an Elian, father of Onomastus, vi. Aleium, a plain of Cilicia. vi. 95. Aleuadæ, Thessalian chiefs, vii. 6, 180, Alexander, king of Macedonia, v. 19, 20, Alexander, son of Priam, i. 3; ii. 113-117. Alitta, the Venus of the Arabians, ii. 181. Alpheus, and Maron, vii. 227. Alpis, a river falling into the Ister, iv. 49. Amasis, king of Egypt, i. 30, 77, 181; ii. Amasis, a Persian general, iv. 167, 201, Amathus, a city of Cyprus, v. 104-108. Agenor, father of Cilix, a Phoenician, vii. Amazons, in Scythia, iv. 110-117, 193; 91. Agesilaus, son of Doryssus, vii. 204. Agesilaus, son of Hippocratides, viii. 181. Aglauros, daughter of Cecrops, viii. 53. Agrianis, a river of Thrace, iv. 90. Ajax, father of Philæus, vi. 35. Ajax, son of Telamon, v. 66; viii. 64, 121. Alarodians, a people of Pontus, iii. 94; Alazir, king of Barca, iv. 164. Alazones, a Scythian nation, iv. 17, 52. Alcamenes, son of Telecles, vii. 204. Alcmena, mother of Hercules, ii. 43, 145. Aleades, v. Cleades. Alea Minerva, a temple of Tegea, i. 66; ix. 27. Amestris, wife of Xerxes, vii. 61, 114; ix. Amiantus, vi. 127. Amilcar, king of Carthage, vii. 165–167. Aminocles of Sepias, vii. 190. Amitres, or Ithamitres, a Persian general, Ammon, a Libyan oracle, i. 46; ii. 32, 55. Amompharetus, a Spartan, ix. 53-57, 71, Amorges a Persian general, i. 121. Amphiaraus, his oracular temple at Thebes, Amphicæ, a city of Phocis, viii. 83. Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus, iii. 91; Amphilytus, a seer, i. 62. Amphimnestus, of Epidamnus, vi. 127. Amphissa, a city of the Locrians, viii. 32. Ampracia, a city of Epirus, viii. 47; ix. Amyntas, son of Alcetas, v.17-21, 94; vii. Amyntas, son of Bubares, viii. 136. Amyrgian Scythians, vii. 64. Amytheon, father of Melamphus, ii. 49. Anactorians, of Epirus, ix. 28, 65. Anaxandrides, son of Theopompus, viii. 131. Anchimolius, a Spartan, v. 63. Andreas, ancester of Clisthenes, vii. 126. Androbulus, father of Timon, vii. 161. Androdamas, father of Theomestor, viii. Andromeda, wife of Perseus, vii. 61, 150. Andros, one of the Cyclades, iv. 33; v. 31, Aneristus, father of Sperthias, vii. 134. Angrus, a river of Illyria, iv. 49. Anopæa, a mountain path at Thermopyla, Antacæus, a fish, iv. 53. Antagoras, of Coos, father of Hegetorides, Antandrus, a city of Troas, v. 26; vii. 42. Anthemus, a city of Macedonia, v. 94. Anysis, king of Egypt, ii. 137, 140. Aphetæ, a port of Magnesia, vii. 193; viii. Aphidna, a town of Attica, viii. 125; ix. 73. Aphthis, a district in Egypt. ii. 166. Apidanus, a river of Thessaly, vii. 129, 196. Apollonia on the Euxine, iv. 90. Apulia, iii. 168; iv. 99. Arabia, ii. 8, 12; iii. 107,112; iv. 39; vii. 69. Arabian gulf, ii. 11; iv. 39. Aratus, a river of Scythia, iv. 48. Araxes, a river of Scythia, i. 126, 202, 205; Arcadians, i. 66, 146; ii. 171; v. 49; vi. Arcesilaus, son of Battus, iv. 159. Arcesilaus, son of Battus the lame, iv. 162. Argadas, son of Ion, v. 66. Argæus, king of Macedonia, viii. 139. Argives, people of Peloponnesus, i. 61, 82; Argo, the ship of Jason, iv. 179; vii. 193. Argonauts, companions of Jason, i. 3; iv. Argos, city of Peloponnesus, i. 1; v. 67; Ariabignes, son of Darius, vii. 97; viii. 89. |