90.
During the same summer war was going on in various parts of Sicily, the Hellenes in
Sicily1 fighting against one another, the Athenians helping their own allies.
I will mention the chief actions in which the Athenians took part, whether by the help
of their allies attacking, or attacked by their enemies.
[2]
Charoeades, the Athenian general, had been killed in battle by the Syracusans, and,
Laches having taken the entire command of the fleet, he and the allies made an
expedition against Mylae, a town belonging to Messenè.
Two tribes of the Messenians were keeping guard there, and they had set an ambuscade
for the force which they were expecting to land;
[3]
but the Athenians and their allies put to flight with heavy loss the troops which came
out of the ambush.
Then, attacking the fortress, they compelled its defenders to come to terms, surrender
the citadel, and march with them against Messenè.
[4]
Finally, upon the approach of the Athenians and their allies, the Messenians themselves
came to terms, giving hostages and the other pledges which were required of
them.
1 Capture by Laches of Mylae in Sicily, and submission of Messenè.
Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.
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