t himself as slaves, but the
chief men of them, three hundred in number, he gave to the Samians to
put to death; which however the Samians did not do.

24. Now Skythes the ruler of the Zanclaians escaped from Incyos to
Himera, and thence he came to Asia and went up to the court of Dareios:
and Dareios accounted him the most righteous of all the men who had come
up to him from Hellas; for he obtained leave of the king and went away
to Sicily, and again came back from Sicily to the king; and at last he
brought his life to an end among the Persians in old age and possessing
great wealth. The Samians then, having got rid of the rule of the Medes,
had gained for themselves without labour the fair city of Zancle.

25. After the sea-battle which was fought for Miletos, the Phenicians by
the command of the Persians restored to Samos Aiakes the son of Syloson,
since he had been to them of much service and had done for them great
things; and the Samians alone of all who revolted from Dareios, because
of the desertion of their ships which were in the sea-fight, 13 had
neither their city nor their temples burnt. Then after the capture of
Miletos the Persians forthwith got possession of Caria, some of the
cities having submitted to their power voluntarily, while others of them
they brought over by force.

26. Thus it came to pass as regards these matters: and meanwhile
Histiaios the Milesian, who was at Byzantion and was seizing the
merchant vessels of the Ionians as they sailed forth out of the Pontus,
received the report of that which had happened about Miletos. Upon that
he entrusted the matters which had to do with the Hellespont to Bisaltes
the son of Apollophanes, a man of Abydos, while he himself with the
Lesbians sailed to Chios; and when a body of the Chians who were on
guard did not allow him to approach, he fought with them at that spot in
the Chian land which is called the "Hollows." 14 Histiaios then not only
slew many of these, but also, taking Polichne of the Chians as his base,
he conquered with the help of the Lesbians the remainder of the Chians
as well, since they had suffered great loss by the sea-fight..

27. And heaven is wont perhaps to give signs beforehand whenever great
evils are about to happen to a city or a race of men; for to the Chians
also before these events remarkable signs had come. In the first place
when they had sent to Delphi a chorus of a hundred youths, two only
returned home, the remainin