Histories

This done, the rest sailed away, but Leutychides bade Hegesistratus to sail with the Greeks because of the good omen of his name. The Greeks waited through that day, and on the next they sought and received favorable augury; their diviner was Deiphonus son of Evenius, a man of that +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia which is in the Ionian gulf. This man's father Evenius had once fared as I will now relate.

There is at +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia a certain flock sacred to the Sun, which in the daytime is pastured beside the river Chon, which flows from the mountain called Lacmon through the lands of +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia and empties into the sea by the harbor of Oricum. By night, those townsmen who are most notable for wealth or lineage are chosen to watch it, each man serving for a year, for the people of +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia set great store by this flock, being so taught by a certain oracle. It is kept in a cave far distant from the town.

Now at the time of which I speak, Evenius was the chosen watchman. But one night he fell asleep, and wolves, coming past his guard into the cave, killed about sixty of the flock. When Evenius was aware of it, he held his peace and told no man, intending to restore what was lost by buying others.