But even these, when they were completely invested both by land and sea, and saw the machines and engines prepared for an assault, sustained the siege no longer.

The king, having thus got possession of the capital of Euboea, the other cities of the island did not even refuse to obey his authority; and he seemed to himself to have signalized the commencement of the war by an important acquisition, in having brought under his power so great an island, and so many cities conveniently situated..