Ἄγις Ἄγιδος

The son of Pausanias.¹ This man, during an invasion of Mantinean territory once, besieged them and, having turned the flow of the river² against the wall, he weakened it; for it was of unbaked brick, which is more secure against siege-engines than baked brick or stones. For those break and jump out of their fittings, whereas unbaked brick is not affected in the same way. It is, though, destroyed by water, no less than beeswax is by the sun.