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The bodies of the dead mercenaries, gathered together by men wearing scarves about their faces, had been, or would be, stripped, placed in small boats, and carried out to sea, to be disposed of in locales soon to teem with welcoming sea life. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 48, Sentence #3)

"This way," said the man who had informed us of the presence of Aktis and Xanthos. The Field of Battle; The Feasting of Jards; Tarchon; The Lyre; We Prepare to Leave the Vicinity of Mytilene Three days later a small party, of which I was one, examined the battleground about Mytilene. One could still smell smoke from the burned tents of the enemy. The bodies of the dead mercenaries, gathered together by men wearing scarves about their faces, had been, or would be, stripped, placed in small boats, and carried out to sea, to be disposed of in locales soon to teem with welcoming sea life. In this way, they need not be burned in gigantic pyres, costly of valuable timber, or, with a sorry expenditure of time and effort, buried in nearby, perhaps revered, land, certainly not within the pomerium of Mytilene. The wealth, valuables, coins, rings, jewelries, garments, cloaks, weapons, helmets, shields, and such, of the slain enemy would be considerable. This would be divided amongst representatives of the dozens of villages, some from as far away as Thera and Daphna, who had participated in the liberation of Mytilene. - (Avengers of Gor)