he cried, “would you risk the life of your father, and do harm to your city, all for love of a stranger? […] The gates of my own city are closed against me, for I have betrayed it for your sake. […] But the people in the besieged city had soon eaten up their store of food, and, as you will understand, they had no way of getting any more; for they could not leave the city without falling into the enemy’s hands. […] A messenger was thereupon sent to the king of Crete to ask on what terms he would leave the city. […] One evening two strangers entered the gates of the city.