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Then Histiaeus brought a great force of Ionians and Aeolians against Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos. While he was besieging Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos a message came that the Phoenicians were putting out to sea from Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus to attack the rest of Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia. When he learned this, he left Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos unsacked, and hastened instead with all his army to Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lesbos.
Then Histiaeus brought a great force of Ionians and Aeolians against Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos. While he was besieging Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos a message came that the Phoenicians were putting out to sea from Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus to attack the rest of Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia. When he learned this, he left Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos unsacked, and hastened instead with all his army to Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lesbos.
[2] From there, since his army suffered from hunger, he crossed over to reap from
Atarneus [26.95,39.05] (Perseus) Atarneus the corn there and the
Mysian corn of the
Bakir Cayi [27,38.916] (river), Turkey, AsiaCaicus plain. Now it chanced that in that region was
Harpagus, a
Persian, with no small force under him; when
Histiaeus landed,
Harpagus met him in battle and took
Histiaeus himself alive and killed most of his army.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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