Delians
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the Delians
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History of the Peloponnesian War
The people of Delos, expelled from their island by the Athenians during the truce.
During the suspension of arms, the Athenians expelled the Delians from their island, thinking that they had been consecrated when in a state of impurity from some crime of ancient date;
This same man, pretending to have a quarrel which he had not yet avowed, and offering service to the chief men amongst them, had induced the Delians, who had settled at Atramyttium, when driven from their homes by the Athenians for the purpose of purifying Delos, to go out as though on terms of friendship and alliance with him;
On the other hand, they brought back the Delians to their country, from scruples arising from their disasters in different battles, and because the god at Delphi had so commanded them.
The Histories
The people of Delos, who flee before the Persian fleet but are spared and addressed with a conciliatory proclamation, and who witness Delos' first earthquake.
While they did this, the Delians also left Delos and fled away to Tenos.
Thus it was no marvel that there should be an earthquake in Delos when there had been none before.
” He made this proclamation to the Delians, and then piled up three hundred talents of frankincense on the altar and burnt it.