...v xmlns:ptext="ptext" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"> and in course of time, not to make a long story, everything was ready for their return: for they brought Argive mercenaries from the Peloponnese , and there joined them on his own initiative a man of Naxos called Lygdamis, who was most keen in their cause and brought them money and men.