Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

For a while they were at peace with each other; but then there came to the slaves a prophet, Cleander, a man of Phigalea in +Arcadia [22.25,37.583] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Arcadia by birth; he persuaded the slaves to attack their masters. From that time there was a long-lasting war between them, until with difficulty the Argives got the upper hand.[*](About 468, apparently.)