d in common he endeavoured to persuade
them to rescue from slavery men who were Hellenes and to drive away the
Barbarian: and this he said was easy for them to do, for the ships of
the enemy sailed badly and were no match for them in fight. Moreover if
the Hellenes suspected that they were endeavouring to bring them on by
fraud, they were ready to be taken as hostages in their ships..

91. Then as the stranger of Samos was urgent in his prayer, Leotychides
inquired thus, either desiring to hear for the sake of the omen or
perhaps by a chance which Providence brought about: "Stranger of Samos,
what is thy name?" He said "Hegesistratos." 102 The other cut short the
rest of the speech, stopping all that Hegesistratos had intended to say
further, and said: "I accept the augury given in Hegesistratos, stranger
of Samos. Do thou on thy part see that thou give us assurance, thou and
the men who are with thee, that the Samians will without fail be our
zealous allies, and after that sail away home.".

92. Thus he spoke and to the words he added the deed; for forthwith the
Samians gave assurance and made oaths of alliance with the Hellenes, and
having so done the others sailed away home, but Hegesistratos he bade
sail with the Hellenes, considering the name to be an augury of good
success. Then the Hellenes after staying still that day made sacrifices
for success on the next day, their diviner being Deiphonos the son of
Euenios an Apolloniate, of that Apollonia which lies in the Ionian gulf.
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93. To this man's father Euenios it happened as follows:--There are at
this place Apollonia sheep sacred to the Sun, which during the day feed
by a river 103 running from Mount Lacmon through the land of Apollonia
to the sea by the haven of Oricos; and by night they are watched by
men chosen for this purpose, who are the most highly considered of the
citizens for wealth and noble birth, each man having charge of them for
a year; for the people of Apollonia set great store on these sheep by
reason of an oracle: and they are folded in a cave at some distance from
the city. Here at the time of which I speak this man Euenios was keeping
watch over them, having been chosen for that purpose; and it happened
one night that he fell asleep during his watch, and wolves came by into
the cave and killed about sixty of the sheep. When he perceived this,
he kept it secret and told no one, meaning to buy others and substitute
them in the place of