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He waged war in this way for eleven years, and in these years two great disasters overtook the Milesians, one at the battle of Limeneion in their own territory, and the other in the valley of the Buyukmenderes Nehri [27.183,37.466] (river), Turkey, Asia Maeander .
He waged war in this way for eleven years, and in these years two great disasters overtook the Milesians, one at the battle of Limeneion in their own territory, and the other in the valley of the Buyukmenderes Nehri [27.183,37.466] (river), Turkey, Asia Maeander .
[2] For six of these eleven years
Sadyattes son of
Ardys was still ruler of
Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Lydia
, and it was he who invaded the lands of
Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus)
Miletus
, for it was he who had begun the war; for the following five the war was waged by
Sadyattes' son
Alyattes, who, as I have indicated before, inherited the war from his father and carried it on vigorously.
[3] None of the
Ionians helped to lighten this war for the
Milesians, except the
Chians: these lent their aid in return for a similar service done for them; for the
Milesians had previously helped the
Chians in their war against the
Erythraeans.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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