Histories

So he said this, and those who were sitting beside him said in reply: “Evenius, the people of +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia hereby make you that restitution for the loss of your sight, obeying the oracle given to them.” At that he was very angry, for he learned through this the whole story and saw that they had cheated him. They did, however, buy from the possessors and give him what he had chosen, and from that day he had a natural gift of divination, through which he won fame.