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Being
at that time discharged from the service of Timotheus, he withdrew from
Amphipolis, crossed the
straits to Asia, and there, because of
the recent arrest of Artabazus by Autophradates, he hired out his forces and
himself to the sons-in-law of Artabazus. He had taken and given pledges, but he
ignored and broke his oaths, and, finding the inhabitants of the country, who
thought they were dealing with a friend, off their guard, he seized their towns,
Scepsis, Cebren, and Ilium.
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