Athenaeus is the richest source for anecdotes about the Sybarites. The surviving Sybarites founded Sybaris on the Traeis. In addition, the author mention that the Philoctetes is honored among the Sybarites. Strabo gives the "luxury and insolence" of the Sybarites as the reason for their defeat. Alternatively in fact, the Sybarites may have been Troezenians. Another hypothesis is that the Sybarites were aided by Dorians in their founding of Poseidonia. The Sybarites appealed to the tyrant Hiero I of Syracuse for help. Most likely the Sybarites executed Telys and his supporters during this time. He persuaded the Sybarites to exile the 500 richest citizens and confiscate their wealth. According to Diodorus the Sybarites requested Sparta and Athens to help them reoccupy their city. HauteDoll features Sybarites on the Covers of their magazines.