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And now the Sybarites, who after the loss of their city occupied
Laus and Scidrus, failed duly to return the former kindness of the
Milesians. For these last, when Sybaris was taken by the
Crotoniats, made a great mourning, all of them, youths as well as
men, shaving their heads; since Miletus and Sybaris were, of all
the cities whereof we have any knowledge, the two most closely united
to one another. The Athenians, on the other hand, showed themselves
beyond measure afflicted at the fall of Miletus, in many ways
expressing their sympathy, and especially by their treatment of
Phrynichus. For when this poet brought out upon the stage his drama
of the Capture of Miletus, the whole theatre burst into tears; and
the people sentenced him to pay a fine of a thousand drachmas, for
recalling to them their own misfortunes. They likewise made a law that
no one should ever again exhibit that piece.
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