 Those sought refuge first in Orchomenus, and then in the town of Hippotae which lay between Thisbe and Coroneia.The inhabitants of Hippotae refused to deliver them up, so the Boeotian army under command of the Theban governor Phoedus captured the town, enslaved its citizens and stoned the suitors to death.The town was destroyed, and the land divided between Thisbe and Coroneia.