Gyaros

Epictetus, irritated, told him it wasn't that serious, that he hadn't burned down the capital, and Musonius replied, "This slip is like burning down the capital." He was teaching him that in the way we think, there are no small errors because that's where all the others come from, and he taught with his life as much as with his words.

Nero banished him to Gyaros, a rocky, almost deserted island in the Aegean, a place where Rome sent those it wanted to see disappear.

Musonius didn't crumble.

He carried on teaching whoever came looking for him.

After this when the time for voyaging was come and the South Wind blew softly they launched the ships and set sail.

And first they came to the island of Delos, which, having been used to wander over the sea, the lord of the silver bow made fast, binding it to Myconos and Gyaros, and found there quiet anchorage.

And when they landed to worship, there met them Anius, who was priest and king of the place, having a crown of bay leaves about his head; who knew Anchises for a friend in time past, and used to them much hospitality.

Then did they pray to the gods, saying: 'Give us, we beseech thee, a home where we may dwell, and a name upon the earth, and a city that shall abide, even a second Troy for them that have escaped from the hands of Achilles and the Greeks.