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Another man who accompanied Dorieus, and died with him, was Philip
the son of Butacidas, a man of Crotona; who, after he had been
betrothed to a daughter of Telys the Sybarite, was banished from
Crotona, whereupon his marriage came to nought; and he in his
disappointment took ship and sailed to Cyrene. From thence he became
a follower of Dorieus, furnishing to the fleet a trireme of his own,
the crew of which he supported at his own charge. This Philip was an
Olympian victor, and the handsomest Greek of his day. His beauty
gained him honours at the hands of the Egestaeans which they never
accorded to any one else; for they raised a hero-temple over his
grave, and they still worship him with sacrifices.
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