Note 420 — Chapter III · Samos
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Strabo, XIV. 638; Heraclides, F.H.G. II. p. 216; Zenobius, III. 90 (ap. Leutsch u. Schneidewin, Paroem. Graec. I. p. 79), and Eustath. ad Dion. Perieg. 534, ἕκητι Συλοσῶντος εὐρυχωρίν; Suid. and Phot. s.v. Σαμίων ὁ δῆμος. Cp. Argos after the massacre of Cleomenes (about 494 B.C.): “Argos was so denuded of men that the slaves had the whole situation in their hands, ruling and administrating until the sons of the victims grew to manhood,” Hdt. VI. 83.