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125 RETURN OF DUKETIUS. 125 But the return of this energetic enemy was not tiie only mischief which the Syracusans suffered. Their resolution to spare Duketius had been adopted without the concurrence of the Agrigentines, who had helped to conquer him ; and the latter, when they saw him again in the island, and again formidable, were so indignant that they declared war against Syracuse. A standing jealousy prevailed between these two great cities, the first and second powers in Sicily. War actually broke out between them, wherein other Greek cities took part. After last- ing some time, with various acts of hostility, and especially a serious defeat of the Agrigentines at the river Himera, these latter solicited and obtained peace. 1 The discord between the two cities, however, had left leisure to Duketius to found the city of Kale Akte, and to make some progress in reestablishing his ascendency over the Sikels, in which operation he was overtaken by death. He probably left no successor to carry on his plans, so that the Syracusans, pressing their attacks vigorously, reduced many of the Sikel townships in the island, regaining his former conquest, Morgantine, and subduing even the strong position and town called Trinakia, 2 after a brave and desperate resistance on the part of the inhabitants. him instrumental to their own views for advancing the power of their com- monwealth. They permitted, or rather encouraged him to establish a col- ony of mixed people, Greeks and Sicels, at Cale Actc, on the northern coast of the island," (ch. xviii, sect, i, vol. iv, p. 13.) The statement 1 that " the Syracusans brought back Duketius, or encour- aged him to come back, or to found the colony of Kale Akte," js a complete departure from Diodoras on the part of Mr. Mitford ; who transforms a breach of parole on the part of the Sikel prince into an ambitious manoeuvre on the part of Syracusan democracy. The words of Diodorus, the only authority in the case, are as follows (xii, 8) : Ovrof tie (Duketius) o/U'j-ov Xpovov fiEivaf EV rrj Kopiv&u, ruf 6/uo/loytaf severe, Kal npocmoiriau.- ruv -&EUV eavrfj detiuadai, KTiaat TTJV Ka^v 'Auri/v EV elf TTJV vrjaov fiETa Tro/lAwv oiKTiropuv (rvveTre^aftovTO 6s Kal ->v ZiKtvlwv rivsf, EV olc rjv nal 'ApxwidTjf, 6 ruv 'Eppiraiuv 6vvao- rsvuv. OVTOC [lev ovv nepl TovotKiafibv TTJS KaA?}f 'ATJ/f ey/Wro' 'A/cpayai-'- rlvoi de, up.a JJ.EV QdovovvTEf rolf 2,vpaKovaioif, a/