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At that time, then, they got so far. When, on the day appointed for the answer, they came to the place upon which they had agreed, Cleomenes asked Aristagoras how many days' journey it was from the +Ionian Sea [19,39] (sea), Europe Ionian sea to the king.
At that time, then, they got so far. When, on the day appointed for the answer, they came to the place upon which they had agreed, Cleomenes asked Aristagoras how many days' journey it was from the +Ionian Sea [19,39] (sea), Europe Ionian sea to the king.
[2] Till now,
Aristagoras had been cunning and fooled the
Spartan well, but here he made a false step. If he desired to take the
Spartans away into
Asia (continent)Asia he should never have told the truth, but he did tell it, and said that it was a three months' journey inland.
[3] At that,
Cleomenes cut short
Aristagoras' account of the prospective journey. He then bade his
Milesian guest depart from
Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta before sunset, for never, he said, would the
Lacedaemonians listen to the plan, if
Aristagoras desired to lead them a three months' journey from the sea.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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