But the deity ordained to Damagetes, prince of Jalysus in Rhodes, to marry the daughter of the best man of Greece.

Such a man the prince esteemed the hero of the Messenians, and wedded the third daughter of Aristomenes.

Still bent on designs against the destroyers of his country, the patriot warrior repaired to Rhodes, where death delivered the Spartans from the terror of his revenge.

A monument was raised to his memory, and that memory, distinguished by public honours, long made the boast of the Messenians, whether those in distant exile, or those subjected to the Spartan yoke.

Thus ended the second Messenian war.