They came down to the city of +Sidon [35.366,33.55] (inhabited place), Al-Janub, Lebanon, Asia Sidon in +Phoenicia (region (general)), Asia Phoenicia, and there chartered two triremes, as well as a great galley laden with all good things; and when everything was ready they set sail for Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, where they surveyed and mapped the coasts to which they came; until having viewed the greater and most famous parts they reached +Taranto [17.216,40.466] (inhabited place), Taranto, Apulia, Italy, Europe Tarentum in Italy [12.833,42.833] (nation), Europe Italy.

There Aristophilides, king of the Tarentines, out of sympathy for Democedes, took the steering gear off the Median ships and put the Persians under a guard, calling them spies. While they were in this plight, Democedes made his way to +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton; and Aristophilides did not set the Persians free and give them back what he had taken from their ships until the physician was in his own country.