Cika wannan jumla:
An shawo kan tawayen Mytilenean da Athens a 428 BC ta hanyar sojojin Athenian. Babban taron jama'ar Athens ya kada kuri'ar kashe duk mazajen garin da kuma sayar da mata da yara a matsayin bayi amma washegari a muhawarar Mytilenian ya canza tunaninsa. Wani mai sauri mai sauri ya tashi a cikin ƙasa da rana kuma ya kawo shawarar soke kisan gillar, amma an kashe 'yan ƙasa dubu don shiga cikin tawayen.