Histories

but what makes it worthy of wonder is that each thread of the breastplate, fine as each is, is made up of three hundred and sixty strands, each plainly seen. It is the exact counterpart of that one which Amasis dedicated to Athena in Lindos [28.1083,36.0833] (Perseus)Lindus.

The Corinthians also enthusiastically helped to further the expedition against Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos. For an outrage had been done them by the Samians a generation before this expedition, about the time of the robbery of the bowl.