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 Apsinthian 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 Chersonitæ, that the following prodigy occurred to one of the guards as he was broiling salt-fish; the salt-fish lying on the fire leapt 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 two 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. THE END. INDEX. ABE, a city of Phocis, with a temple of Abaris, an Hyperborean, iv. 36 Abdera, a town in Thrace, i. 168; vi. 46; Abrocomes, son of Darius, vii. 224 Abydoni, the, vii. 44 Abydos, a city on the Asiatic side of the Acanthians, the, vii. 22, 117 Acarnania, in Epirus, ii. 10 Aceratus, a prophet at Delphi, viii. 37 father of Teispes, and an- Achaia, of the Peloponnesus, i. 145; of Achelous, a river of Ætolia, ii. 10; vii. 126 Achilleian Course, a district near the Bo- Acræphia, a city in Boeotia, viii. 135 Acrothoon, a town on Mount Athos, vii. Adicran, an African king, iv. 159 Adimantus, father of Aristeas of Corinth, son of Ocytus of Corinth, viii. 5, 59, 61, 94 king of Sicyon, v. 67, 68 Adrimachida, a people of Libya, iv. 168 Ea, a city of Colchis, i. 2; vii. 193, 197 son of Syloson, and tyrant of Sa- Eacus, of Ægina, vi. 35 Ægaleos, a mountain in Attica, viii. 90 Egilia, an island of the Styreans in Eu- the island of, viii. 41, 46 Egyra, a city of Achaia, i. 145 Ænea, a town in Macedonia, vii. 123 Enus, a city of Thrace, iv. 90; vii. 58 Eolian cities, i. 149, 151; viii. 35 Æolians, i. 6, 26, 28, 141; ii. 1, 90; v. 94, Æolis, vii. 176 Eolus, father of Athamas, vii. 197 Aeropus, father of Echemus, ix. 26 father of Alcetas and son of descendant of Temenus, viii. 137 Æsanius, father of Grinus, iv. 150 Æthiopia, ii. 22, 29, 100, 110; iii. 114 Africa, ii. 26, 32; iv. 17, 41, 42, 44. See Agæus, an Elian, father of Onomastus, vi. 127 Agamemnon, i. 67; vii. 159 Agarista, daughter of Clisthenes, vi. 126, "" mother of Pericles, vi. 131 Agathyrsus, son of Hercules, iv. 10 Agenor, father of Cilix, a Phoenician, vii. Agesilaus, son of Doryssus, vii. 204 -, son of Hippocratides, viii. 131 Agetus, son of Alcides, vi. 61, 62 -, king of Sparta, vii. 204 Aglauros, daughter of Cecrops, viii. 53 Agrianis, a river of Thrace, iv. 90 Ajax, father of Philæus, vi. 35 -, 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 -, son of Hercules, i. 7 Alcamenes, son of Telecles, vii. 204 -, son of Megacles, vi. 125, 127 Alcmena, mother of Hercules, ii. 43, 145 Alea Minerva, a temple of Tegea, i. 66; Aleium, a plain of Cilicia, vi. 95 Aleuadæ, Thessalian chiefs, vii. 6, 130, Alexander, king of Macedonia, v. 19, 20, son of Priam, i. 3; ii. 113-117 Alitta, the Venus of the Arabians, ii. 131 Alpeni, a town near Thermopylæ, vii. Alpheus, and Maron, vii. 227 Alpis, a river falling into the Ister, iv. 49 Amasis, king of Egypt, i. 30, 77, 181; ii. -, a Persian general, iv. 167, 201, 203 Amazons, in Scythia, iv. 110-117, 193; Amestris, wife of Xerxes, vii. 61, 114; ix. -, his oracular temple at Thebes, i. 46, 49, 52; viii. 134 Amphicæ, a city of Phocis, viii. 33 Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus, iii. 91; Amphilytus, a seer, i. 62 Amphimnestus, of Epidamnus, vi. 127 Amphion, of Corinth, v. 92 Amphipolis, v. 126; vii. 114 Amphissa, a city of the Locrians, viii. 32 Ampracia, a city of Epirus, viii. 47; ix. Amyntas, son of Alcetas, v. 17-21, 94; -, son of Bubares, viii. 136 Amyrgian Scythians, vii. 64 Amytheon, father of Melampus, ii. 49 son of Theopompus, viii. 131 165 Anchimolius, a Spartan, v. 63. 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. Aneristus, father of Sperthias, vii. 134 Angrus, a river of Illyria, iv. 49 Anopæa, a mountain path at Thermopylæ, 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 Antiochus, father of Tisamenes, ix. 33 Antiphemus, general of the Lindians, vii. Anysis, king of Egypt, ii. 137, 140 Aphetæ, a port of Magnesia, vii. 193; viii. Aphidnæ, 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 on the Ionian gulf, ix. 92, 93 Apulia, iii. 138; 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 Arcadians, i. 66, 146; ii. 171; v. 49; vi. -, son of Battus the lame, iv. 162 -, a Samian, iii. 55 Ardys, king of Sardis, i. 15 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; Argus, a hero, vi. 80 Ariabignes, son of Darius, vii. 97; viii. 89 |