Histories

When the Aeginetans saw that both kings had come after them, they now deemed it best to offer no further resistance; the kings chose ten men of +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina who were most honored for wealth and lineage, among them Crius son of Polycritus and Casambus son of Aristocrates, the two most powerful men in +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina; they carried them to Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica and gave them into the keeping of the Athenians, the bitterest foes of the Aeginetans.

Later Cleomenes' treacherous plot against Demaratus became known; he was seized with fear of the Spartans and secretly fled to +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly. From there he came to +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia and stirred up disorder, uniting the Arcadians against Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta; among his methods of binding them by oath to follow him wherever he led was his zeal to bring the chief men of +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia to the city of Nonacris and make them swear by the water of the Styx.[*](The “water of Styx” is a mountain torrent flowing through a desolate ravine on the N. face of Chelmos.)

Near this city is said to be the Arcadian water of the Styx, and this is its nature: it is a stream of small appearance, dropping from a cliff into a pool; a wall of stones runs round the pool. Nonacris, where this spring rises, is a city of +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia near Pheneus.