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This conjecture seemed plausibly corroborated by remarks overheard in Sybaris by the former Melete, Iantha, and Philomena, which remarks, fearing for their lives, they were kind enough to share with us. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 30, Sentence #12)

"Some twelve hundred ashore," said Thurnock. "Then some three hundred or so aboard," I said. Our best estimates of the enemy's strength, given the increase in ships, and the manning of the earlier fleet, was in the neighborhood of fifteen hundred. This conjecture seemed plausibly corroborated by remarks overheard in Sybaris by the former Melete, Iantha, and Philomena, which remarks, fearing for their lives, they were kind enough to share with us. We, on the other hand, had brought two hundred and fifty men from Port Kar, most of whom were with us, saving some posted as spies in Sybaris; some left at the ruins of Nicosia, in the hope that, following the fair, more peasants would seek arms and direction; and some at the Cove of Harpalos, our de facto headquarters. These latter men would receive the reports of spies, and, should the Cove of Harpalos be seized by the enemy, signal us from high crags before we returned to port, possibly proceeding into a trap. "With that many men," said Clitus, "they might attack a town, say Mytilene, Naxos, or Pylos. - (Avengers of Gor)