3. A youth of Chaeroneia and a descendant of the seer Peripoltas, by whose name he was also
called. Having been insulted with a degrading proposal by a Roman officer who was wintering at
Chaeroneia, he engaged in his cause a body of his companions, assassinated the Roman, and fled
with his adherents from the city. The Chaeroneans, alarmed for the consequences, condemned him
to death; but Damon continuing to defy them successfully, and to ravage their lands, the
council decoyed him back by fair promises, and had him murdered. It was said, that in the
vapour-bath where he was killed strange sights were long seen and strange sounds heard. (