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But when it was day, the men left behind perceived that Darius had betrayed them, and they held out their hands to the Scythians and explained the circumstances; they, when they heard this, assembled their power in haste, the two divisions of their horde and the one division that was with the Sauromatae and Budini and Geloni, and made straight for the Ister in pursuit of the Persians.
But when it was day, the men left behind perceived that Darius had betrayed them, and they held out their hands to the Scythians and explained the circumstances; they, when they heard this, assembled their power in haste, the two divisions of their horde and the one division that was with the Sauromatae and Budini and Geloni, and made straight for the Ister in pursuit of the Persians.
[2] And as the
Persian army was for the most part infantry and did not know the roads (which were not marked), while the
Scythians were horsemen and knew the short cuts, they went wide of each other, and the
Scythians reached the bridge long before the
Persians.
[3] There, perceiving that the
Persians had not yet come, they said to the
Ionians, who were in their ships, “
Ionians, the days have exceeded the number, and you are wrong to be here still.
[4] Since it was fear that kept you here, now break the bridge in haste and go, free and happy men, thanking the gods and the
Scythians. The one that was your master we shall impress in such a way that he will never lead an army against anyone again.”
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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