At last, draining the canal of its waters, which he diverted into another channel, he left their ships high and dry and joined most of the island to the mainland, and then marched over on foot and captured it.

Thus the enterprise of the Hellenes came to ruin after six years of war.

Of all that large host a few travelling through Libya reached Cyrene in safety, but most of them perished.

And thus Egypt returned to its subjection to the King, except Amyrtaeus, the king in the marshes, whom they were unable to capture from the extent of the marsh; the marshmen being also the most warlike of the Egyptians.
Inaros, the Libyan king, the sole author of the Egyptian revolt, was betrayed, taken, and crucified.

Meanwhile a relieving squadron of fifty vessels had sailed from Athens and the rest of the confederacy for Egypt.