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H. 3.39-60, 'the one whose luck knew no bounds' - Coggle Diagram
H. 3.39-60
Periander and his son
Periander had kileld his wife Melissa, who had borne him two sons
Their maternal grandfather (and the tyrant of Epidaurus) summoned them, and told them who had killed their mother
Because of this revelation, the youngest son Lycophron refused to speak to his father, who eventually kicked him out
Lycophron took refuge at the houses and communities of his comrades, but eventually Periander outlawed this and ordered everyone not to help him
Even when Periander appealed to the 'emaciated' Lycophron personally, he still refused to come home
so, Periander launched an attack against his father in law and Epidaurus itself, which fell
when Periander grew old, he did not think highly of his eldest son, and so called on his youngest to return from Corcyra to assume his role as Corinthian ruler
Periander realised his son was too far gone, and so shipped him to Corcyra
Lycophon only agreed on the premise that they would swap places: if Lycophon came back to Corinth, his father would have to travel to Corcyra
The Corcyrans were fearful of Periander coming to them, so before this could happen they put Lycophon to death, so the exchange could not take place
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Faction on Samos
Polycrates sent a letter to Cambyses, who was just about to invade Egypt, requesting him to ask him back for troops
When Cambyses agreed, Polycrates sent townsmen who he deemed likely to be subversives, on 40 warships, with instructions to Cambyses never to send them back
These townsmen either never made it to Egypt, or got there and escaped, or attempted to sail back to Samos but were beaten by Polycrates and his fleet, who knows
It is said that as a safeguard Polycrates put his people's wives and children into ship-sheds, and was prepared to set fire to them, should they want to side with the faction-exiles
What is known is that the exiled subversives ended up in Sparta, who eventually agreed to give aid in invading Samos, because the Samians had stolen a cup and breastplate from them before
Spartan seige on Samos
for 40 days the Spartans sieged Samos, until they gave up and went home
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the samian faction that had appealed to the Spartans, upon realising they were leaving, decided to flee also, and went to the very rich island of Siphnos
due to a prophecy, the Siphnians did not help these men, and so they resolved to strip the country bare
They then went to Crete and founded Cydonia, where they prospered for five years before the Aeginetans and the Cretans banded together to defeat them
Polycrates
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made friends with Amasis who warned him that good luck doesn't last, and that he should discard his most prized possession
Polycrates agreed, so threw his signet ring in the sea, only for it to find its way back to him in the stomach of a large fish gifted to him by a fisherman
Polycrates told Amasis of this in a letter, who subsequently ended their friendship treaty
Corinthians
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years earlier, they had also been insulted by the Samians:
Periander, tyrant of Corinth, had sent 300 boys, the sons of the leading men of Corcyra to be castrated
On the way, they stopped at Samos, and when the Samians caught wind of where and why they were going, they helped the boys take sanctuary and kept them from starving
eventually the Corinthians gave up and went home, and the Samians sent the unharmed boys back to Corcyra
The Samians had got involved in Corinthian x Corcyran affairs, and had undermined the Corinthian leader Periander = dont like Samos
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