So Pericles set sail and broke up the oligarchical government which Samos had, and then took fifty of the foremost men of the state, with as many of their children, as hostages, and sent them off to Lemnos.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :
victim: The victims are fifty of the foremost men of the Samian state and fitfy of their children. They all respond to their capture by offering Pericles money for their release (Plut. Per. 25.1-2). thirdperson: The satrap Pissuthnes and those Samian citizens who are opponents of democracy try to bribe Pericles in a futile attempt (Plut. Per. 25.2). long-term consequence: Pissuthnes steals away the Samian hostages from Lemnos (Plut. Per. 25.3).
