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Pythagoras believed in the transmigration of
souls and considered the eating of flesh as an abominable thing, saying that the souls of all
living creatures pass after death into other living creatures. And as for himself, he used to
declare that he remembered having been in Trojan times Euphorbus, the son of Panthus, who was
slain by Menelaus.Cp. Hom. Il.
17.1 ff..
We are told that once, when
Pythagoras was sojourning in Argos, he saw a shield
from the spoils of Troy fastened by nails to the wall
and wept. And when the Argives inquired of him the cause of his grief, he replied that he
himself had carried this shield in the land of Troy
when he was Euphorbus. And when all were incredulous and
judged him to be mad, he replied that he would give them convincing evidence that what he had
said was so; for on the inner side of the shield there had been inscribed in ancient characters
"of Euphorbus." At this surprising a
The hatred which those who
possessed citizenship held for the commons, though it had been concealed up to this time, now
burst forth in full force, when it found the occasion. And because of their jealous rivalry
they freed the slaves, preferring rather to share freedom with their servants than citizenship
with the free.This may refer to Argos, where the slaves got control of the city for a time,
because so many citizens had been slain in the wars with Sparta (cp. Hdt. 6.83.
472 B.C.The next year Chares was archon in Athens, and in Rome
the consuls elected were Titus Menenius and Gaius Horatius Pulvillus, and the Eleians
celebrated the Seventy-seventh Olympiad, that in which Dandes of Argos won the "stadion." In this year in Sicily Theron, the despot of Acragas, died after a reign of sixteen years, and his son
Thrasydaeus succeeded to the throne. Now Theron, since he had
administered his office equitably, not only enjoyed great favour among his countrymen during
his life-time, but also upon his death he was accorded the honours which are paid to heroes;
but his son, even while his father was still living, was violent and murderous, and after his
father's death ruled over his native city without respect for the laws and like a tyrant.
Consequently he quickly lost the confidence of his subjects
and was the constant object of plots, living a life of execration; and so he soon came to an
end befitting his own
It was for these reasons, as we have stated above,There is no reference for this statement. that Themistocles fled from
Argos to Admetus, the king of the Molossians; and
taking refuge at Admetus' hearth he became his suppliant. The king at first received him
kindly, urged him to be of good courage, and, in general, assured him that he would provide for
his safety; but when the Lacedaemonians dispatched some of the
most distinguished Spartans as ambassadors to Admetus and demanded the person of Themistocles
for punishment, stigmatizing him as the betrayer and destroyer of the whole Greek world, and
when they went further and declared that, if Admetus would not turn him over to them, they
together with all the Greeks would make war on him, then indeed the king, fearing on the one
hand the threats and yet pitying the suppliant and seeking to avoid the disgrace of handing him
over, persuaded Themistocles to make his escape with all speed
After this the Athenians dispatched to Argos by sea a thousand picked hoplites and two hundred cavalry, under the
command of Laches and Nicostratus; and Alcibiades also accompanied them, although in a private
capacity, because of the friendly relations he enjoyed with the Eleians and Mantineians; and
when they were all gathered in council, they decided to pay no attention to the truce but to
set about making war. Consequently each general urged on his
own troops to the conflict, and when they all responded eagerly, they pitched camp outside the
city. Now they agreed that they should march first of all against Orchomenus in Arcadia; and so, advancing
into Arcadia, they settled down to the siege of the
city and made daily assaults upon its walls. And after they
had taken the city, they encamped near Tegea, having
decided to besiege it also. But when the Tegeatans called upon the Lacedaemonians for immediate
aid, the Spartans gathere
While
these events were taking place, those in Athens who
hated Alcibiades with a personal enmity, possessing now an excuse in the mutilation of the
statues,Cp. chap. 2. accused him in speeches
before the Assembly of having formed a conspiracy against the democracy. Their charges gained
colour from an incident that had taken place among the Argives; for private friendsCp. Thuc. 6.61. of his in
that city had agreed together to destroy the democracy in Argos, but they had all been put to death by the citizens. Accordingly the people, having given credence to the accusations and
having had their feelings deeply aroused by their demagogues, dispatched their ship, the
Salaminia,This was one of the two dispatch boats of the
Athenian navy, the other being the Paralus. to Sicily with orders for Alcibiades to return with all speed to face trial. When the
ship arrived at Catane and Alcibiades learned of the
decision of the people from th