And after he had crossed the Ionian Gulf he sailed up the sea which leads to Corinth, being a spectacle to all the This was a common place of banishment for criminals. Juvenal says — Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris, et carcere dignum, Si vis esse aliquis.- i. 72. cities in Peloponnesus which lie on the coast, when they heard of his sudden reverse of fortune; for when he disembarked from the vessel all the evil disposed men who bore him ill will ran up to see him, and others also came to sympathize with him—men who are accustomed to learn moderation from the misfortunes of others.