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55 Because in obedience to an oracle they changed their abode from Samos to Mycalê and supported themselves by piracy there for ten years; and after this they sailed again to Samos and overcame their enemies.

56 From what does the place Panhaema on the island of Samos derive its name?

56 Is it because the Amazons sailed from the country of the Ephesians cf. Pausanias, vii. 2. 7. across to Samos when they were endeavouring to escape from Dionysus? But he built boats and crossed over and, joining battle, slew many of them near this place, which the spectators in amazement called Panhaema Allblood. because of the vast quantity of blood shed there. And of the elephantsWilamowitz and Halliday emend to ἐλεφάντων. This has, at first view, some plausibility, but completely lacks corroborative evidence. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, xxvi. 326 ff. is not by any means parallel. some are said to have been slain near Phloeum, and their bones are pointed out there; but some relate that Phloeum also was cleft by them as they uttered a loud and piercing cry.

57 For what reason is the great hall in Samos called the Hall of Fetters?