[72] The altar: probably that where they had been sacrificing.
[73] Xenophon.
[74] Mercenaries: hired soldiers.
[75] Milesians: inhabitants of Miletus, Asia Minor.
[76] Megarian: pertaining to Megara, a district of Greece northwest of Athens. It was famous for its commerce.
[77] Thunny fishery: the thunny, or tunny, a large fish abundant in the Mediterranean and highly esteemed both for food and for the oil which it yields.
[78] Thurian: an inhabitant of Thurii, a city of Lower Italy, founded by a colony from Athens.
[79] Odysseus: as Homer in the "Odyssey" represents Odysseus, or Ulysses, to have done.
[80] Byzantium: the modern Constantinople.
[81] Merchant ships: small, one-masted vessels, not larger than our fishing-smacks.