Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 6.97.1

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While they did this, the Delians also left Delos [25.2833,37.4] (Perseus)Delos and fled away to +Nisos Tinos [25.166,37.583] (island), Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Tenos. As his expedition was sailing landwards, Datis went on ahead and bade his fleet anchor not off Delos [25.2833,37.4] (Perseus)Delos, but across the water off Rhenaea. Learning where the Delians were, he sent a herald to them with this proclamation:

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[1] ἐν ᾧ δὲ οὗτοι ταῦτα ἐποίευν, οἱ Δήλιοι ἐκλιπόντες καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν Δῆλον οἴχοντο φεύγοντες ἐς Τῆνον. τῆς δὲ στρατιῆς καταπλεούσης ὁ Δᾶτις προπλώσας οὐκ ἔα τὰς νέας πρὸς τὴν Δῆλον προσορμίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πέρην ἐν τῇ Ῥηναίῃ· αὐτὸς δὲ πυθόμενος ἵνα ἦσαν οἱ Δήλιοι, πέμπων κήρυκα ἠγόρευέ σφι τάδε.

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