Description of Greece

​There are islands belonging to the Troezenians, one of which is near the mainland, and it is possible to cross over to it on foot. This island, previously called Sphaeria, was named Sacred for the following reason. On it is the tomb of Sphaerus; and they say Sphaerus was the charioteer of Pelops. To him, in accordance with a dream from Athena, Aethra brought libations and crossed over to the island, and it is said that after she had crossed, Poseidon united with her there. For this reason Aethra established there a temple of Athena Apaturia, and named the island Sacred instead of Sphaeria; and she also established the custom for the maidens of Troezen to dedicate their girdles to Athena Apaturia before marriage.

​They say that Calauria was sacred to Apollo in ancient times, at the very time when Delphi belonged to Poseidon; and this is also said, that they exchanged the places with each other. And they still remember and quote an oracle: “It is equal for you to inhabit Delos and Calauria, and holy Pytho and windy Taenarum.” At any rate, there is a holy sanctuary of Poseidon here, and a maiden serves as his priestess until she reaches the age of marriage.

​Within the enclosure is also the tomb of Demosthenes. And the divine power seems to me to show especially in his case, and in that of Homer before him, how envious it is; since indeed, as for Homer, on top of the great misfortune of having his eyes already destroyed, a second misfortune, poverty, oppressed him and led him begging through every land, while to Demosthenes it befell to experience exile in his old age, and his death was so violent. Now, very much has been said about him both by others and by Demosthenes himself, to the effect that he certainly had no share of the money which Harpalus brought from Asia;

​but I will go into detail regarding how the latter story happened. Harpalus, when he fled from Athens and crossed by ships to Crete, was killed not long afterwards by the servants who attended him; though some say he was assassinated by Pausanias, a Macedonian. But the administrator of his money, who had fled to Rhodes, was arrested by Philoxenus, a Macedonian, who had also previously demanded Harpalus himself from the Athenians. Having this slave in his power, he examined him until he learned everything, namely who among them had happened to receive anything of Harpalus’ money;

​and having learned this, he sent a letter to Athens. In this letter, while listing those who had received money from Harpalus, both their names and how much each of them had taken, he did not mention Demosthenes at all, although Demosthenes was most bitterly hated by Alexander and had also personally clashed with Philoxenus himself. Thus, honors are paid to Demosthenes both elsewhere in Greece and by the inhabitants of Calauria.