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The men went down to Phoenicia, to Sidon, the Phoenician town,
where straightway they fitted out two triremes and a trading-vessel,
which they loaded with all manner of precious merchandise; and,
everything being now ready, they set sail for Greece. When they had
made the land, they kept along the shore and examined it, taking notes
of all that they saw; and in this way they explored the greater portion
of the country, and all the most famous regions, until at last they
reached Tarentum in Italy. There Aristophilides, king of the
Tarentines, out of kindness to Democedes, took the rudders off the
Median ships, and detained their crews as spies. Meanwhile
Democedes escaped to Crotona, his native city, whereupon
Aristophilides released the Persians from prison, and gave their
rudders back to them.
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