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s；　but　ye　are　likely　to　lack　men　to　receive　their　orders。　As　ye　are　resolved　to　yield　nothing　and　claim　everything；　ye　had　best　make　haste　back　to　Greece；　and　say　that　the　spring　of　her　year　is　lost　to　her。〃　The　meaning　of　this　expression　was　the　following：　as　the　spring　is　manifestly　the　finest　season　of　the　year；　so　（he　meant　to　say）　were　his　troops　the　finest　of　the　Greek　army…　Greece；　therefore；　deprived　of　his　alliance；　would　be　like　a　year　with　the　spring　taken　from　it。　　　　　Then　the　Greek　envoys；　without　having　any　further　dealings　with　Gelo；　sailed　away　home。　And　Gelo；　who　feared　that　the　Greeks　would　be　too　weak　to　withstand　the　barbarians；　and　yet　could　not　any　how　bring　himself　to　go　to　the　Peloponnese；　and　there；　though　king　of　Sicily；　serve　under　the　Lacedaemonians；　left　off　altogether　to　contemplate　that　course　of　action；　and　betook　himself　to　quite　a　different　plan。　As　soon　as　ever　tidings　reached　him　of　the　passage　of　the　Hellespont　by　the　Persians；　he　sent　off　three　penteconters；　under　the　command　of　Cadmus；　the　son　of　Scythas；　a　native　of　Cos；　who　was　to　go　to　Delphi；　taking　with　him　a　large　sum　of　money　and　a　stock　of　friendly　words：　there　he　was　to　watch　the　war；　and　see　what　turn　it　would　take：　if　the　barbarians　prevailed；　he　was　to　give　Xerxes　the　treasure；　and　with　it　earth　and　water　for　the　lands　which　Gelo　ruled…　if　the　Greeks　won　the　day；　he　was　to　convey　the　treasure　back。　　　　　This　Cadmus　had　at　an　earlier　time　received　from　his　father　the　kingly　power　at　Cos　in　a　right　good　condition；　and　had　of　his　own　free　will　and　without　the　approach　of　any　danger；　from　pure　love　of　justice；　given　up　his　power　into　the　hands　of　the　people　at　large；　and　departed　to　Sicily；　where　he　assisted　in　the　Samian　seizure　and　settlement　of　Zancle；　or　Messana；　as　it　was　afterwards　called。　Upon　this　occasion　Gelo　chose　him　to　send　into　Greece；　because　he　was　acquainted　with　the　proofs　of　honesty　which　he　had　given。　And　now　he　added　to　his　former　honourable　deeds　an　action　which　is　not　the　least　of　his　merits。　With　a　vast　sum　entrusted　to　him　and　completely　in　his　power；　so　that　he　might　have　kept　it　for　his　own　use　if　he　had　liked；　he　did　not　touch　it；　but　when　the　Greeks　gained　the　sea…fight　and　Xerxes　fled　away　with　his　army；　he　brought　the　whole　treasure　back　with　him　to　Sicily。　　　　　They；　however；　who　dwell　in　Sicily；　say　that　Gelo；　though　he　knew　that　he　must　serve　under　the　Lacedaemonians；　would　nevertheless　have　come　to　the　aid　of　the　Greeks；　had　not　it　been　for　Terillus；　the　son　of　Crinippus；　king　of　Himera；　who；　driven　from　his　city　by　Thero；　the　son　of　Aenesidemus；　king　of　Agrigentum；　brought　into　Sicily　at　this　very　time　an　army　of　three　hundred　thousand　men；　Phoenicians；　Libyans；　Iberians；　Ligurians；　Helisycians；　Sardinians；　and　Corsicans；　under　the　command　of　Hamilcar　the　son　of　Hanno；　king　of　the　Carthaginians。　Terillus　prevailed　upon　Hamilcar；　partly　as　his　sworn　friend；　but　more　through　the　zealous　aid　of　Anaxilaus　the　son　of　Cretines；　king　of　Rhegium；　who；　by　giving　his　own　sons　to　Hamilcar　as　hostages；　induced　him　to　make　the　expedition。　Anaxilaus　herein　served　his　own　father…in…law；　for　he　was　married　to　a　daughter　of　Terillus；　by　name　Cydippe。　So；　as　Gelo　could　not　give　the　Greeks　any　aid；　he　sent　（they　say）　the　sum　of　money　to　Delphi。　　　　　They　say　too；　that　the　victory　of　Gelo　and　Thero　in　Sicily　over　Hamilcar　the　Carthaginian　fell　out　upon　the　very　day　that　the　Greeks　defeated　the　Persians　at　Salamis。　Hamilcar；　who　was　a　Carthaginian　on　his　father's　side　only；　but　on　his　mother's　a　Syracusan；　and　who　had　been　raised　by　his　merit　to　the　throne　of　Carthage；　after　the　battle　and　the　defeat；　as　I　am　informed；　disappeared　from　sight：　Gelo　made　the　strictest　search　for　him；　but　he　could　not　be　found　anywhere；　either　dead　or　alive。　　　　　The　Carthaginians；　who　take　probability　for　their　guide；　give　the　following　account　of　this　matter：…　Hamilcar；　they　say；　during　all　the　time　that　the　battle　raged　between　the　Greeks　and　the　barbarians；　which　was　from　early　dawn　till　evening；　remained　in　the　camp；　sacrificing　and　seeking　favourable　omens；　while　he　burned　on　a　huge　pyre　the　entire　bodies　of　the　victims　which　he　offered。　Here；　as　he　poured　libations　upon　the　sacrifices；　he　saw　the　rout　of　his　army；　whereupon　he　cast　himself　headlong　into　the　flames；　and　so　was　consumed　and　disappeared。　But　whether　Hamilcar's　disappearance　happened；　as　the　Phoenicians　tell　us；　in　this　way；　or；　as　the　Syracusans　maintain；　in　some　other；　certain　it　is　that　the　Carthaginians　offer　him　sacrifice；　and　in　all　their　colonies　have　monuments　erected　to　his　honour；　as　well　as　one；　which　is　the　grandest　of　all；　at　Carthage。　Thus　much　concerning　the　affairs　of　Sicily。　　　　　As　for　the　Corcyraeans；　whom　the　envoys　that　visited　Sicily　took　in　their　way；　and　to　whom　they　delivered　the　same　message　as　to　Gelo…　their　answers　and　actions　were　the　following。　With　great　readiness　they　promised　to　come　and　give　their　help　to　the　Greeks；　declaring　that　〃the　ruin　of　Greece　was　a　thing　which　they　could　not　tamely　stand　by　to　see；　for　should　she　fall；　they　must　the　very　next　day　submit　to　slavery；　so　that　they　were　bound　to　assist　her　to　the　very　uttermost　of　their　power。〃　But　notwithstanding　that　they　answered　so　smoothly；　yet　when　the　time　came　for　the　succours　to　be　sent；　they　were　of　quite　a　different　mind；　and　though　they　manned　sixty　ships；　it　was　long　ere　they　put　to　sea　with　them；　and　when　they　had　so　done；　they　went　no　further　than　the　Peloponnese；　where　they　lay　to　with　their　fleet；　off　the　Lacedaemonian　coast；　about　Pylos　and　Taenarum…　like　Gelo；　watching　to　see　what　turn　the　war　would　take。　For　they　despaired　altogether　of　the　Greeks　gaining　the　day；　and　expected　that　the　Persian　would　win　a　great　battle；　and　then　be　master　of　the　whole　of　Greece。　They　therefore　acted　as　I　have　said；　in　order　that　they　might　be　able　to　address　Xerxes　in　words　like　these：　〃O　king！　though　the　Greeks　sought　to　obtain　our　aid　in　their　war　with　thee；　and　though　we　had　a　force　of　no　small　size；　and　could　have　furnished　a　greater　number　of　ships　than　any　Greek　state　except　Athens；　yet　we　refused；　since　we　would　not　fight　against　thee；　nor　do　aught　to　cause　thee　annoyance。〃　The　Corcyraeans　hoped　that　a　speech　like　this　would　gain　them　better　treatment　from　the　Persians　than　the　rest　of　the　Greeks；　and　it　would　have　done　so；　in　my　judgment。　At　the　same　time；　they　had　an　excuse　ready　to　give　their　countrymen；　which　they　used　when　the　time　came。　Reproached　by　them　for　sending　no　succours；　they　replied　〃that　they　had　fitted　out　a　fleet　of　sixty　triremes；　but　that　the　Etesian　winds　did　not　allow　them　to　double　Cape　Malea；　and　this　hindered　them　from　reaching　Salamis…　it　was　not　from　any　bad　motive　that　they　had　missed　the　sea…fight。〃　In　this　way　the　Corcyraeans　eluded　the　reproaches　of　the　Greeks。　　　　　The　Cretans；　when　the　envoys　sent　to　ask　aid　from　them　came　and　made　their　request；　acted　as　follows。　They　despatched　messengers　in　the　name　of　their　state　to　Delphi；　and　asked　the　god；　whether　it　would　make　for　their　welfare　if　they　should　lend　succour　to　Greece。　〃Fools！〃　replied　the　Pythoness；　〃do　ye　not　still　complain　of　the　woes　which　the　assisting　of　Menelaus　cost　you　at　the　hands　of　angry　Minos？　How　wroth　was　he；　when；　in　spite　of　their　having　lent　you　no　aid　towards　avenging　his　death　at　Camicus；　you　helped　them　to　avenge　the　carrying　off　by　a　barbarian　of　a　woman　from　Sparta！〃　When　this　answer　was　brought　from　Delphi　to　the　Cretans；　they　thought　no　more　of　assisting　the　Greeks。　　　　　Minos；　according　to　tradition；　went　to　Sicania；　or　Sicily；　as　it　is　now　called；　in　search　of　Daedalus；　and　there　perished　by　a　violent　death。　After　a　while　the　Cretans；　warned　by　some　god　or　other；　made　a　great　expedition　into　Sicania；　all　except　the　Polichnites　and　the　Praesians；　and　besieged　Camicus　（which　in　my　time　belonged　to　Agrigentum）　by　the　space　of　five　years。　At　last；　however；　failing　in　their　efforts　to　take　the　place；　and　unable　to　carry　on　the　siege　any　longer　from　the　pressure　of　hunger；　they　departed　and　went　their　way。　Voyaging　homewards　they　had　reached　Iapygia；　when　a　furious　storm　arose　and　threw　them　upon　the　coast。　All　their　vessels　were　broken　in　pieces；　and　so；　as　they　saw　no　means　of　returning　to　Crete；　they　founded　the　town　of　Hyria；　where　they　took　up　their　abode；　changing　their　name　from　Cretans　to　Messapian　Iapygians；　and　at　the　same　time　becoming　inhabitants　of　the　mainland　instead　of　islanders。　From　Hyria　they　afterwards　founded　those　other　towns　which　the　Tarentines　at　a　much　later　period　endeavoured　to　take；　but　could　not；　being　defeated　signally。　Indeed　so　dreadful　a　slaughter　of　Greeks　never　happened　at　any　other　time；　so　far　as　my　knowledge　extends：　nor　was　it　only　the　Tarentines　who　suffered；　but　the　men　of　Rhegium　too；　who　had　been　forced　to　go　to　the　aid　of　the　Tarentines　by　Micythus　the　son　of　Choerus；　lost　here　three　thousand　of　their　citizens；　while　the　number　of　the　Tarentines　who　fell　was　beyond　all　count。　This　Micythus　had　been　a　household　slave　of　Anaxilaus；　and　was　by　him　left　in　charge　of　Rhegium：　he　is　the　same　man　who　was　afterwards　forced　to　leave　Rhegium；　when　he　settled　at　Tegea　in　Arcadia；　from　which　place　he　made　his　many　offerings　of　statues　to　the　shri