The men had already decided on a revolution, but now that in each house the rage of the women was added to their own, the hatred of the usurper blazed up twice as violent.
When day again gave place to night, the whole town was full of disturbance and torches and movement.
For some collected in the stadium shouting, some were encouraging each other, others running in different directions took refuge in houses and places not likely to be suspected.
The open spaces round the palace, the stadium, and the great square were now filled with a mixed multitude, including all the crowd of supernumerary performers in the theatre of Dionysus,
and Agathocles, when he heard what was occurring, aroused himself from his drunken slumber, having broken up the banquet a short time previously, and taking all his relatives except Philo went to the king.
After lamenting his ill-fortune to the boy in a few words he took him by the hand and went up to the gallery between the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Maeander&groupId=725&placeId=1330">Maeander</a> and the palaestra leading to the entrance to the theatre.
After this, having made fast the first two doors, he retired to the third with a few of the bodyguard, the king, and his own relatives.
The doors were of pen lattice-work and one could see through them, and they were each secured by two bolts.
Meanwhile the populace were assembling from every part of the city, so that not only level spaces but the roofs and steps were full of people, and there was a confused hubbub and clamour, women and children being mixed with the men.
For in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> and also in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> the children play no less a part in such tumults than the men.
Walbank Commentary