Histories

Some of these left the country altogether; others, Arcesilaus seized and sent away to Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus to be killed there. These were carried off their course to +Cnidus Nova [27.366,36.666] (deserted settlement), Mugla Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Cnidus, where the Cnidians saved them and sent them to +Thera [25.433,36.4] (island), Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Thera. Others of the Cyrenaeans fled for refuge into a great tower that belonged to one Aglomachus, a private man, and Arcesilaus piled wood around it and burnt them there.

Then, perceiving too late that this was the meaning of the Delphic oracle which forbade him to bake the amphora if he found them in the oven, he deliberately refrained from going into the city of the Cyrenaeans, fearing the death prophesied and supposing the tidal place to be Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene.