cuius muneris quam grata aestimatio animo eius esset allapsa regno potitus ostendit: totam namque urbem et insulam Samiorum Sylosonti fruendam tradidit: non enim pretium rei aestimatum sed occasio liberalitatis honorata est, magisque a quo donum proficisceretur quam ad quem perveniret provisum.
How grateful an appreciation of that gift had slipped into his mind he showed when he gained the throne. For he granted the whole city and island of Samos to Syloson to enjoy. It was not an assessment of the value of the article but the honouring of an occasion for liberality, and regard was had to the giver rather than to the recipient.
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