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As for the crews of the disabled ships, the Carthaginians and Tyrrhenians drew lots for them, and of the Tyrrhenians the Agyllaioi 1 were allotted by far the majority and these they led out and stoned to death. But afterwards, everything from Agylla that passed the place where the stoned Phocaeans lay, whether sheep or beasts of burden or men, became distorted and crippled and palsied.
As for the crews of the disabled ships, the Carthaginians and Tyrrhenians drew lots for them, and of the Tyrrhenians the Agyllaioi 1 were allotted by far the majority and these they led out and stoned to death. But afterwards, everything from Agylla that passed the place where the stoned Phocaeans lay, whether sheep or beasts of burden or men, became distorted and crippled and palsied.
[2] The
Agyllaeans sent to
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
, wanting to mend their offense; and the
Pythian priestess told them to do what the people of
Agylla do to this day: for they pay great honors to the
Phocaeans, with religious rites and games and horse-races.
[3] Such was the end of this part of the
Phocaeans. Those of them who fled to
Reggio di Calabria [15.65,38.1] (inhabited place), Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy, Europe
Rhegium
set out from there and gained possession of that city in the
Oenotrian
2
country which is now called
Elea (deserted settlement), Salerno, Campania, Italy, Europe
Hyele
;
3
[4] they founded this because they learned from a man of
Posidonia that the
Cyrnus whose establishment the
Pythian priestess ordained was the hero, and not the island.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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