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[2] Dionysius was at first won over by these advisers and ready to lead his army against Himilcon, but when some of his friends told him that he ran the risk of losing the city if Magon should set out with his entire fleet against Syracuse, he quickly changed his mind; and in fact he knew that Messene had fallen to the hands of the barbarians in a similar manner.1 And so, believing that it was not safe to strip the city of defenders, he set out for Syracuse.

1 Cp. chap. 57.

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