symbol, each one saying to
himself, as he heard the reason given, "I have better not be seen with
this." After a while Eteonicus called a meeting of the Chians, and
imposed upon them a contribution of money, on the ground that with pay
in their pockets the sailors would have no temptation to revolutionary
projects. The Chians acquiesced. Whereupon Eteonicus promptly ordered
his crews to get on board their vessels. He then rowed alongside
each ship in turn, and addressed the men at some length in terms of
encouragement and cheery admonition, just as though he knew nothing of
what had taken place, and so distributed a month's pay to every man on
board.

After this the Chians and the other allies held a meeting in Ephesus,
and, considering the present posture of affairs, determined to send
ambassadors to Lacedaemon with a statement of the facts, and a request
that Lysander might be sent out to take command of the fleet. Lysander's
high reputation among the allies dated back to his former period of
office, when as admiral he had won the naval victory of Notium. The
ambassadors accordingly were despatched, accompanied by envoys also from
Cyrus, charged with the same message. The Lacedaemonians responded by
sending them Lysander as second in command, (1) with Aracus as admiral,
since it was contrary to their custom that the same man should be
admiral twice. At the same time the fleet was entrusted to Lysander. (2)

(1) Epistoleus. See above.

(2) "At this date the war had lasted five-and-twenty years." So the
MSS. read. The words are probably an interpolation.

It was in this year (3) that Cyrus put Autoboesaces and Mitraeus to
death. These were sons of the sister of Dariaeus (4) (the daughter of
Xerxes, the father of Darius). (5) He put them to death for neglecting,
when they met him, to thrust their hands into the sleeve (or "kore")
which is a tribute of respect paid to the king alone. This "kore" is
longer than the ordinary sleeve, so long in fact that a man with his
hand inside is rendered helpless. In consequence of this act on the part
of Cyrus, Hieramenes (6) and his wife urged upon Dariaeus the danger of
overlooking such excessive insolence on the part of the young prince,
and Dariaeus, on the plea of sickness, sent a special embassy to summon
Cyrus to his bedside.

(3) B.C. 406.

(4) Dariaeus, i.e. Darius, but the spelling of the name is correct,
and occurs in Ctesias, though in the "Anabasis" we