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with himself. By these means, and by their daily inter- course together, Lysander, especially by the subniissive- ness of his conversation, won the affections of the young prince, and greatly roused him to carry on the war ; and when he would depart, Cyrus gave him a banquet, and desired him not to refuse his good-will, but to speak and ask whatever he had a mind to, and that he should not be refused any thing whatsoever : " Since you are so very kind," replied Lysander, " I earnestly request you to add one penny to the seamen's pay, that instead of three pence, they may now receive four pence." * Cyrus, de- lighted with his public spirit, gave him ten thousand da- rics, out of which he added the penny to the seamen's pay, and by the renown of this in a short time emptied the ships of the enemies, as many would come over to that side which gave the most pay, and those who re- mained, being disheartened and mutinous, daily created trouble to the captains. Yet for all Lysander had so dis- tracted and weakened his enemies, he was afraid to en- gage by sea, Alcibiades being an energetic commander, and having the superior number of ships, and having been hitherto, in all battles, unconquered both by sea and land. But afterwards, when Alcibiades sailed from Samos to Phocaea, leaving Antiochus, the pilot, in command of all his forces, this Antiochus, to insult Lysander, sailed with two galleys into the port of the Ephesians, and with mocking and laughter proudly rowed along before the place where the ships lay drawn up. Lysander, in indignation, launched at first a few ships only and pursued him, but as soon as he saw the Athenians come to his help, he added some other ships, and, at last, they fell to a set bat-

• The obolus, six to the drach- value worth three half-pence ; ex-

ma, may not unfairly be called the actly like the Swiss batz. Greek penny, though in actual