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Miltiades son of Cimon took possession of +Lemnos [25.25,39.916] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lemnos in this way: When the Pelasgians 1 were driven out of Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica by the Athenians, whether justly or unjustly I cannot say, beyond what is told; namely, that Hecataeus the son of Hegesandrus declares in his history that the act was unjust;
Miltiades son of Cimon took possession of +Lemnos [25.25,39.916] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lemnos in this way: When the Pelasgians 1 were driven out of Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica by the Athenians, whether justly or unjustly I cannot say, beyond what is told; namely, that Hecataeus the son of Hegesandrus declares in his history that the act was unjust;
[2] for when the
Athenians saw the land under
+Imittos [23.816,37.95] (inhabited place), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Hymettus, formerly theirs, which they had given to the
Pelasgians as a dwelling-place in reward for the wall that had once been built around the acropolis—when the
Athenians saw how well this place was tilled which previously had been bad and worthless, they were envious and coveted the land, and so drove the
Pelasgians out on this and no other pretext. But the
Athenians themselves say that their reason for expelling the
Pelasgians was just.
[3] The
Pelasgians set out from their settlement at the foot of
+Imittos [23.816,37.95] (inhabited place), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Hymettus and wronged the
Athenians in this way: Neither the
Athenians nor any other
Hellenes had servants yet at that time, and their sons and daughters used to go to the
Nine Wells
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for water; and whenever they came, the
Pelasgians maltreated them out of mere arrogance and pride. And this was not enough for them; finally they were caught in the act of planning to attack
Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens.
[4] The
Athenians were much better men than the
Pelasgians, since when they could have killed them, caught plotting as they were, they would not so do, but ordered them out of the country. The
Pelasgians departed and took possession of
+Lemnos [25.25,39.916] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lemnos, besides other places. This is the
Athenian story; the other is told by
Hecataeus.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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