Farmakos

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Farmakos is a small Greek island about 17 nautical miles from Leros.

Plutarch in his Parallel Lives tells that the young Julius Caesar, while travelling to Asia Minor, was kidnapped by pirates and hold prisoner there 38 days. During his prisony he promised to them that if he were freed, he would have killed all of them. After having paid a random twice as high as his kidnappers claimed (since he said that the required amount was too low for someone like he) and having been freed, he organised a fleet and maintained his promise, crucifying all of them.