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They, however, who dwell in Sicily, say that Gelo, though he knew
that he must serve under the Lacedaemonians, would nevertheless have
come to the aid of the Greeks, had not it been for Terillus, the son
of Crinippus, king of Himera; who, driven from his city by Thero,
the son of Aenesidemus, king of Agrigentum, brought into Sicily at
this very time an army of three hundred thousand men, Phoenicians,
Libyans, Iberians, Ligurians, Helisycians, Sardinians, and
Corsicans, under the command of Hamilcar the son of Hanno, king of
the Carthaginians. Terillus prevailed upon Hamilcar, partly as his
sworn friend, but more through the zealous aid of Anaxilaus the son of
Cretines, king of Rhegium; who, by giving his own sons to Hamilcar
as hostages, induced him to make the expedition. Anaxilaus herein
served his own father-in-law; for he was married to a daughter of
Terillus, by name Cydippe. So, as Gelo could not give the Greeks
any aid, he sent (they say) the sum of money to Delphi.
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