The Twitter Herodotus

3.51 Annoyed that his son was uncommunicative, Periander threw him out of the house. He confirmed his suspicion that L. knew about Melissa.

3.52 Periander bid that Lycophron be treated as an outcast. Later, when L.'s attitude didn't improve, Periander shipped him off to Corcyra.

3.53 Much later P. persuaded L. to trade places w/him & rule Corinth. The Corcyraeans killed Lycophron to thwart the plan, hence P.'s anger.

3.54 So the Spartans laid siege to Samos, but they were driven out by Polycrates and his army.

3.55 Two Spartans fought/died especially well, Archias & Lycopes. As I heard from his grandson, the Samians honored Archias after his death.

3.56 The Spartans gave up and went home after 40 days. It was their first expedition into Asia.

3.57 The Samian exiles who'd called in Sparta sailed to Siphnos to ask for a loan. But a prophecy bid the Siphnians to beware a red herald.

3.58 The Samian ambassadors, in their red ship, were refused aid. The Samians thereupon took 100 talents from the Siphnians by force.

3.59 The Samian exiles then settled in Crete and grew wealthy. But in the sixth year they were defeated at sea by Aegina and were enslaved.

3.60 I dwell on the Samians because of their three great construction projects: an underground channel, a 1/4-mile-long mole, and a temple.