Having heard reports both of this state and of the other lands where Greeks live, I desired to travel abroad. And so my father loaded two ships with grain,Athens imported great quantities of grain from the Pontus; cf. Dem. 20.31-35. gave me money, and sent me off on a trading expedition and at the same time to see the world.Cf. Hdt. 1.29 where Solon leaves Athens “to see the world” (κατὰ θεωρίαν). Pythodorus, the Phoenician, introduced Pasion to me and I opened an account at his bank.