Histories

Periander son of Cypselus sent to Alyattes at Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis three hundred boys, sons of notable men in +Corfu [19.916,39.633] (inhabited place), Corfu, Kerkira, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe Corcyra, to be made eunuchs. The Corinthians who brought the boys put in at Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos; and when the Samians heard why the boys were brought, first they instructed them to take sanctuary in the temple of Artemis,

then they would not allow the suppliants to be dragged from the temple; and when the Corinthians tried to starve the boys out, the Samians held a festival which they still celebrate in the same fashion; throughout the time that the boys were seeking asylum, they held nightly dances of young men and women to which it was made a custom to bring cakes of sesame and honey, so that the Corcyraean boys might snatch these and have food.

This continued to be done until the Corinthian guards left their charge and departed; then the Samians took the boys back to +Corfu [19.916,39.633] (inhabited place), Corfu, Kerkira, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe Corcyra.

If after the death of Periander, the Corinthians had been friendly towards the Corcyraeans, they would not have taken part in the expedition against Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos for this reason. But as it was, ever since the island was colonized, they have been at odds with each other, despite their kinship.