to slavery, whom he had found in revolt: for the
men of Potidaia, when the king had marched by them and when the fleet of
the Persians had departed in flight from Salamis, had openly made revolt
from the Barbarians; and so also had the others done who occupy Pallene.

127. So upon this Artabazos began to besiege Potidaia, and suspecting
that the men of Olynthos also were intending revolt from the king, he
began to besiege this city too, which was occupied by Bottiaians who had
been driven away from the Thermaian gulf by the Macedonians. So when he
had taken these men by siege, he brought them forth to a lake and slew
them 93 there; and the city he delivered to Critobulos of Torone to have
in charge, and to the natives of Chalkidike; and thus it was that the
Chalkidians got possession of Olynthos.

128. Having taken this city Artabazos set himself to attack Potidaia
with vigour, and as he was setting himself earnestly to this work,
Timoxeinos the commander of the troops from Skione concerted with him
to give up the town by treachery. Now in what manner he did this at the
first, I for my part am not able to say, for this is not reported; at
last however it happened as follows. Whenever either Timoxeinos wrote a
paper wishing to send it to Artabazos, or Artabazos wishing to send one
to Timoxeinos, they wound it round by the finger-notches 94 of an arrow,
and then, putting feathers over the paper, they shot it to a place
agreed upon between them. It came however to be found out that
Timoxeinos was attempting by treachery to give up Potidaia; for
Artabazos, shooting an arrow at the place agreed upon, missed this spot
and struck a man of Potidaia in the shoulder; and when he was struck,
a crowd came about him, as is apt to happen when there is fighting, and
they forthwith took the arrow and having discovered the paper carried
it to the commanders. Now there was present an allied force of the other
men of Pallene also. Then when the commanders had read the paper and
discovered who was guilty of the treachery, they resolved not openly to
convict 95 Timoxeinos of treachery, for the sake of the city of Skione,
lest the men of Skione should be esteemed traitors for all time to come.

129. He then in such a manner as this had been discovered; and when
three months had gone by while Artabazos was besieging the town, there
came to be a great ebb of the sea backwards, which lasted for a long
time; and the Barbarians, seeing that sha