Histories

In no long time he was appointed for his worth to be captain of the entire cavalry, for his performance had been preeminent while he served under Hippocrates in the assaults against +Gallipoli [17.983,40.5] (inhabited place), Lecce, Apulia, Italy, Europe Callipolis, +Naxos [15.283,37.816] (deserted settlement), Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe Naxos, +Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus) Zancle, Leontini, +Syracuse [15.3,37.0667] (Perseus) Syracuse, and many other of the foreigners' towns. None of these cities, with the exception of +Syracuse [15.3,37.0667] (Perseus) Syracuse, escaped enslavement by Hippocrates; the Syracusans were defeated in battle on the river Elorus.

They were, however, rescued by the Corinthians and Corcyraeans, who made a peace for them on the condition that the Syracusans should deliver up to Hippocrates Camarina, which had formerly been theirs.