But Athanis says that while the war against Hippo and Mamercus was still in progress, in his camp at Mylae, his vision was obscured by a cataract in the eye, and it was plain to all that he was getting blind; he did not, however, desist from the siege on this account, but persisted in the war and captured the tyrants;
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :
titel: From the more detailed description of these events in 34.3. can be deduced, that the siege described here is actually the siege of Messana. longtermconsequence: Hippo and Mamercus are both caught and executed. This is described in 34.3-4.
