In the end theoutcome of his second effort was favorble neither to me nor to Dion Dion's exile was continued and he lost even the income from his property I was help as prisoner,and was in considerable of being killed by Dionysius's enemies who supposed that since I was his guest I was also his ally.After some very unpleasant confrontations some Italian friends sent a ship to Syracuse with an urgent plea that I be allowed to go home Dionysius agreed and I was allowed to make my escape