Herodotus - The Histories.pdf

18 V Herodotus
Such a fate now befell the Milesians; for the
Persians, who wore their hair long, after killing
most of the men, made the women and children
slaves; and the sanctuary at Didyma, the oracle no
less than the temple was plundered and burnt; of
the riches whereof I have made frequent mention
in other parts of my History.
Those of the Milesians whose lives were spared,
being carried prisoners to Susa, received no ill
treatment at the hands of King Darius, but were
established by him in Ampe, a city on the shores
of the Erythraean sea, near the spot where the
Tigris flows into it. Miletus itself, and the plain
about the city, were kept by the Persians for themselves,
while the hill-country was assigned to the
Carians of Pedasus.
And now the Sybarites, who after the loss of their
city occupied Laus and Scidrus, failed duly to
return the former kindness of the Milesians. For
these last, when Sybaris was taken by the
Crotoniats, made a great mourning, all of them,
youths as well as men, shaving their heads; since