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ctn to Thera. Very few were induced to leave
hera upon this business; they who went were con-
icted by Corobius, who was left upon the island he
id described, with provisions for some months; the
st of their party made their way back by sea, as ex-
sditiously as possible, to acquaint the Thereans with
e event.

GUI. By their omitting to return at the time ap-
Dinted, Corobius was reduced to the greatest dis-
ess; it happened, however, that a Samian vessel,

hose commander's name was Colteus, was, in its
>urse towards Egypt, driven upon the island of
latea; these Samians, hearing the story of Corobius,
-ft him provisions for a twelvemonth. On leaving
iis island, with a wish to go to Egypt, the winds
ompelled them to take their course westward, and
ontinuing thus, without intermission, carried them
eyond the Columns of Hercules, till, as it should
eem by somewhat more than human interposition,
hey arrived at Tartessus. As this was a port then
ut little known, their voyage ultimately proved very
dvantageous; so that, excepting Sostrates, with
rhom there can be no competition, no Greeks were
ver before so fortunate in any commercial undertak-
ng. With six talents, which was a tenth part of
vha.t they gained, the Samians made a brazen vase,
n the shape of an Argolic goblet, round the brim of
vhich the heads of griffins were regularly disposed:
his was deposited in the temple of Juno, where it is
upported by three colossal figures, seven cubits high,
esting on their knees. This was the first occasion
>f the particular friendship, which afterwards sub­
sisted between the Samians, and the people of Cyrene
md Thera.

CLIII. The Thereans, having left Corobius behind,
eturned, and informed their countrymen that they
iad made a settlement in an island belonging to Li-
>ya : they, in consequence, determined, that a select
lumber should be sent from each of their seven cities,
ind that if these happened to be brothers, it should
:>e determined by lot who should go ; and that final­