The Abydenes in the first instance placed engines all along their walls and in this way not only prevented any approach by land, but also made the anchorage of the hostile ships unsafe. When, however; a portion of the wall was battered into ruins and the enemies' mines had been carried up to an inner wall which the defenders had hastily constructed, they sent envoys to the king to arrange terms for the surrender of the city. They proposed that the Rhodian quadrireme with its crew and the contingent which Attalus had sent should allowed to depart and that the inhabitants should be ，0已 吧，d to leave the city with simply the clothes they were wearing. Philip replied that there was not the slightest hope of peace unless they surrendered unconditionall y. When this reply was brought back it created such an outburst of indignation and rage that the citizens formed the same frenzied resolution as the Saguntines had done ;。fnrrro*" vrnn，。U甲knit。。trn ^V-A law-re “三二%!L 11二“J‘。‘。.1 116.艺CiVGu几以‘二J for all the matrons to be shut uv in the temple of Diana. the JL工产 freeborn bovs and girls. even infants with their nurses to be 砂毛J， collected in the gymnasium, all gold and silver to be taken to the forum,， all costly apparel to1 P T 1 I 7 /1 . 1.be placed1 1.on. board. _..the vessels from， Rhodes and Cyzicus which were lying in the har-t 1 t. - .1 . 1 11 P .1 1 1 . . Dour, and altars set up in the middle of the city. round which ，11口.，，，‘，，，二，.二.砂，户.内 the priests were to oe assemarea wftn victims for sacnnce. Nere a body of men selected for the purpose, took an oath dictated to them by the priests, to carry out the desperate measure which had been decided upon. As soon as they saw that their comrades who were fighting in front of the levelled wall were all killed, they were to put the wives and children to death， throw the gold and silver and the apparel on board the shi into the sea and set fire wherever they possibly could to all ptl 巧，n public hiildinrrs and nrjvate houses，and the most horrible curses were invoked on them if they broke their oath. Following them, all the men of military age solemnly swore that none should leave the battle alive, excet as victor. So faithful were they to their oath and with such desperation dd they fight, that before night could put an end to the batte,41 Philip withdrew from the conflict appalled勿their frenzied courage. _The leading citizens,， to whom the more cruel. part had been assigned, finding. that there were only a few survivors. and thev 、‘声夕、.沪甘JJ wounded and exhausted, sent the priests, wearing supplicat( fillets, as soon”it was. light to Philip to make a surrender the city.