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For σαγηνεύσαντες cf. vi. 31 n. The immediate massacre (147. 1) was followed by thorough depopulation; ἕκητι Συλοσῶντος εὐρυχωρίη became a proverb (Strabo 638, who, however, attributes it, and the decay of population that gave rise to it, to the ‘harsh rule’ of Syloson).

As Samos in 494 B. C. was able to equip sixty triremes (vi. 8), it is probable that popular dislike of the tyrant exaggerated the severity of this conquest.

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