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As soon as Darius had crossed the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont and come to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, 1 he remembered the good service done him by Histiaeus of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus and the counsel of Coes the Mytilenaean, and after sending for them to come to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, he offered them a choice of whatever they wanted.
As soon as Darius had crossed the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont and come to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, 1 he remembered the good service done him by Histiaeus of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus and the counsel of Coes the Mytilenaean, and after sending for them to come to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, he offered them a choice of whatever they wanted.
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Histiaeus, seeing that he was tyrant of
Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus, desired no further sovereignty than that, but asked for
Myrcinus
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in the
Edonian land so that he might build a city there. This, then, was
Histiaeus' choice, but
Coes, inasmuch as he was no tyrant but a plain citizen, asked that he might be made tyrant of
Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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