Such was the advice of Hecataeus, but Aristagoras himself thought it best to depart for Myrcinus. He accordingly entrusted Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus to Pythagoras, a citizen of repute, and himself sailed to Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace with any that would follow him and then took possession of the place to which he had come.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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