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When the Cymaeans heard this answer, they sent Pactyes away to Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene ; for they were anxious not to perish for delivering him up or to be besieged for keeping him with them.
When the Cymaeans heard this answer, they sent Pactyes away to Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene ; for they were anxious not to perish for delivering him up or to be besieged for keeping him with them.
[2] Then
Mazares sent a message to
Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus)
Mytilene
demanding the surrender of
Pactyes, and the
Mytilenaeans prepared to give him, for a price; I cannot say exactly how much it was, for the bargain was never fulfilled;
[3] for when the
Cymaeans learned what the
Mytilenaeans were about, they sent a ship to
Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe
Lesbos
and took
Pactyes away to
Chios [26,38.366] (island), Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe
Chios
. From there he was dragged out of the temple of
City-guarding Athena and delivered up by the
Chians,
[4] who received in return
Atarneus [26.95,39.05] (Perseus)
Atarneus
, which is a district in
Mysia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Mysia
opposite
Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe
Lesbos
. The
Persians thus received
Pactyes and kept him guarded, so that they might show him to
Cyrus;
[5] and for a long time no one would use barley meal from this land of
Atarneus [26.95,39.05] (Perseus)
Atarneus
in sacrifices to any god, or make sacrificial cakes of what grew there; everything that came from that country was kept away from any sacred rite.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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