But those of the Corinthians who held the acropolis were beset with difficulty and danger; for they no longer had sufficient food, but suffered lack because the harbours were blockaded; and they were forever dividing up their forces in skirmishes and battles around the walls, and in repelling all sorts of engines and every species of siege warfare.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :
victim: Neon's presence is mentioned in 18.2, the presence of Eucleides and Telemachus in 13.2.
Although the text has "Corinthians", the troops consisted also of mercenaries handed over by Dionysius II. This is mentioned in 13.2.