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He, advancing within a short distance, made an halt, but sent in some of his principal commanders, and his son with a considerable force. Areus came thither, too, with one thousand Cretans, and some of the most active men among the Spartans, and all falling on at once upon the Gauls, put them in great disorder.
The wrestling went to Carus the Heraclid, who won the garland from Odysseus. The boxing resulted in a tie; the pair being the Egyptian Areus, whose grave is in Corinth, and Epeus. For mixed boxing and wrestling they have no prize. Who won the flat race, I have forgotten. In poetry, Homer really did much the best, but the award was for Hesiod. All prizes were plaited wreaths of peacock feathers.
He at once marched up close to the city, and remained there with a reserve, but sent his son and several of his officers with a large part of his forces to assist the Argives within their city walls. Areus the king of Sparta also arrived, with a thousand Cretans and the swiftest footed of the Spartans. All these troops now at once attacked the Gauls and threw them into great disorder.
Areus, by frequent ambushes, and seizing positions where the ways were most unpracticable, harassed the Gauls and Molossians that brought up the rear.
The reader will recollect that Areus, the king of Sparta, was absent in Crete at the time of Pyrrhus's arrival, and that the command of the army devolved, during his absence, on Acrotatus, his son; for the kings of the other line, for some reason or other, took a very small part in the public affairs of the city at this time, and are seldom mentioned in history.
To him it was that Areus, king of the Lacedemonians, sent an embassage, with an epistle; the copy whereof here follows: "Areus, King Of The Lacedemonians, To Onias, Sendeth Greeting.
The response. Charilaus is terrified. He flies to a sanctuary. Nature and effects of the institutions of Lycurgus. The character and spirit of the Spartans. Message sent to Pyrrhus. Account of Cleonymus. Areus becomes king. Affair of Cleonymus and Chelidonis. Appeal to Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus determines to march into Greece.
All that they thus extricated they drew off out of the way, and threw them into the river. Seeing this, young Acrotatus, the prince whom Areus his father, now absent, as the reader will recollect, in Crete, had left in command in Sparta when he went away, hastened to interpose.
The crown, of course, would have devolved on this brother, if he had been living when the father died. But he was not. He died before his father, leaving a son, however, named Areus, as his heir. Areus, of course, claimed the throne when his grandfather died. He was not young himself at this time. He had advanced beyond the period of middle life, and had a son who had grown up to maturity.
Areus comes to succor the city. Pyrrhus receives a new invitation. Argos. Pyrrhus leaves Sparta, and is pursued. Death of Ptolemy. Combat with Evalcus. Pyrrhus's revenge. Pyrrhus before the walls of Argos. A stratagem. Attempt of the elephants to enter the city. Consternation of the inhabitants of Argos. Confusion of the soldiers. Pyrrhus waits for morning. The bronze statue. Ancient prophecy.
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