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Thrasybulus did this so that when the herald from Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis saw a great heap of food piled up, and the citizens celebrating, he would bring word of it to Alyattes:
Thrasybulus did this so that when the herald from Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis saw a great heap of food piled up, and the citizens celebrating, he would bring word of it to Alyattes:
[2] and so it happened. The herald saw all this, gave
Thrasybulus the message he had been instructed by the
Lydian to deliver, and returned to
Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus)
Sardis
; and this, as I learn, was the sole reason for the reconciliation.
[3] For
Alyattes had supposed that there was great scarcity in
Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus)
Miletus
and that the people were reduced to the last extremity of misery; but now on his herald's return from the town he heard an account contrary to his expectations;
[4] so presently the
Lydians and
Milesians ended the war and agreed to be friends and allies, and
Alyattes built not one but two temples of
Athena at
Assesos, and recovered from his illness. That is the story of
Alyattes' war against
Thrasybulus and the
Milesians.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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