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Just at this time, the Sybarites say, they and their king Telys
were about to make war upon Crotona, and the Crotoniats, greatly
alarmed, besought Dorieus to lend them aid. Dorieus was prevailed
upon, bore part in the war against Sybaris, and had a share in taking
the town. Such is the account which the Sybarites give of what was
done by Dorieus and his companions. The Crotoniats, on the other
hand, maintain that no foreigner lent them aid in their war against the
Sybarites, save and except Callias the Elean, a soothsayer of the
race of the Iamidae; and he only forsook Telys the Sybaritic king,
and deserted to their side, when he found on sacrificing that the
victims were not favourable to an attack on Crotona. Such is the
account which each party gives of these matters.
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