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Thou didst leave the neat-herds and the kine, and the oaks of Himera, the galingale hummed over by the bees, and the pine that dropped her cones, and Amaryllis in her cave, and Bombyca with her feet of carven ivory. Thou soughtest the City, and strife with other singers, and the learned write still on thy quarrels with Apollonius and Callimachus, and Antagoras of Rhodes.
"Are ye all of that mind?" cried Antagoras, and was answered by the universal shout, "We are -all!" or if the shout was not universal, none heeded the few whom fear or prudence might keep silent. "All that remains then is to appoint the captain who shall hazard the first danger and make the first signal. For my part, as one of the electors, I give my vote for Uliades, and this is my ballot."
"Good! Cleonice torments thee no more. I myself have gone through thy trials; ay, and oftentimes. Seven times at Samos, five at Rhodes, once at Miletus, and forty-three times at Corinth, have I been an impassioned and unsuccessful lover. Courage; I love still." Antagoras turned away.
No arrangements demanding much preparation can be anticipated, for Antagoras, the rich Chian, gives a great banquet this day a supper to the principal captains of the Isles." "A frank and hospitable reveller is Antagoras," answered Cimon. "He would have extended his invitation to the Athenians me included but in their name I declined."
Since I first saw thee, I loved. Maiden, wilt thou be my wife?" Thrice moved the lips of Cleonice, and thrice her voice seemed to fail her. At length she said, "Chian thou art a stranger, and the laws of the Grecian cities dishonour the stranger whom the free citizen stoops to marry." "Nay," cried Antagoras, "such cruel laws are obsolete in Chios.
But Cleonice humours him not, let tongues wag as they may. Easier to take three cities than that child's heart." "Is it so indeed?" exclaimed the Chian, joyfully; "Cleonice loves him not?" "Laughs at him to his beard: that is, would laugh if he wore one." "O Diagoras!" cried Antagoras, "hear me, hear me.
Meanwhile, though Antagoras had, with no mean degree of generosity, relinquished his suit to Cleonice, he detected with a jealous vigilance the continued visits of Pausanias, and burned with increasing hatred against his favoured and powerful rival.
"Pardon me one question," said Gongylus. "Is not the female heart which Antagoras would beseech the goddess to soften towards him that of the Cleonice of whom we spoke? See, he denies it not. Greeks, the Chians are warm lovers, and warm lovers are revengeful rivals." This artful speech had its instantaneous effect amongst the younger and more unthinking loiterers.
Then, instead of the pure juice of the grape, from which the libation had been poured, came the wines, mixed at least three parts with water, and deliciously cooled. Up again rose Antagoras, and every eye turned to him. "Companions," said the young Chian, "it is not held in free States well for a man to seize by himself upon supreme authority.
"Liar," cried an indignant and loud voice amongst the captains, and Antagoras stood forth from the circle. "It is I who saw thee. Darest thou accuse Antagoras of Chios?" "What at that hour brought Antagoras of Chios to the temple of Aphrodite?" retorted Gongylus. The eyes of the Greeks turned toward the young captain, and there was confusion on his face.
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