Hostages

—To prove the truth of these allegations, please read the decree respecting the hostages, the dispatch of Iphicrates, the dispatch of Timotheus, and lastly this deposition.

and that, though he had taken his oath to Athenodorus that he would surrender the son of Iphiades, the hostage whom he held on behalf of Sestus, he now does not even promise to surrender him.

But in view of the needs of the hour, and because mercenaries were wanted for the war against Amphipolis, instead of being punished for his refusal to deliver the hostages, and for deserting with the light galleys to your enemy Cotys, guarantees were exchanged, and he entered the campaign as your auxiliary.

But Seuthes bade him have no fear and showed him hostages that had come from the enemy.

After this Xenophon asked Seuthes to give over the hostages to him and to join him on an expedition to the mountain, if he so pleased;

But, you might say, sureties ought to have been taken at the time, so that he could not have deceived us even if he had wanted to do so.

Yes, they answered, we are ready to ride away and bring you hostages this very night.

they exclaimed, are you not going to wait until we bring the hostages, that you also may have a guarantee of our good faith before you proceed?

but he gave his own children to Jason as hostages, with the promise not only to win over the city and make it his willing ally, but also to help in establishing him as Tagus.