The histories of Herodotus;

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sailed away, not indeed to Phocsea, well knowing that it would
be enslaved with the rest of Ionia, but sailed directly, as he
was, to Phoenicia ; and there having disabled some merchantmen,
and obtained great wealth, he sailed to Sicily ; and sally-
ing out from thence, he established himself as a pirate, attacking
none of the Grecians, but only the Carthaginians and
Tyrrhenians.
The Persians, when they had conquered the Ionians in the
sea-fight, besieging Miletus both by land and sea, and undermining
the walls, and bringing up all kinds of military engines
against it, took it completely, in the sixth year after the revolt
of Aristagoras ; and they reduced the city to slavery, so
that the event coincided with the oracle delivered concerning
Miletus. For when the Argives consulted the oracle at Delphi
respecting the preservation of their city, a double answer was
given part concerning themselves, and the addition the Pyth-
;
ian uttered concerning the Milesians. The part relating to
the Argives I will mention when I come to that part of the
history ; the words she uttered relative to the Milesians, who
were not present, were as follows : " Then Miletus, contriver
of wicked deeds, thou shalt become a feast and a rich gift to
many : thy wives shall wash the feet of many long-haired masters,
and our temple at Didymi shall be tended by others."
These things befell the Milesians at that time, for most of the
men were killed by the Persians, who wear long hair; and
their women and children were treated as slaves ; and the
sacred inclosure at Didymi, both the temple and the shrine,
were pillaged and burned. Of the riches in this temple I have
frequently made mention in other parts of my history. Such
of the Milesians as were taken alive were afterward conveyed
to Susa; and King Darius, without having done them any
harm, settled them on that which is called the Red Sea, in the
city of Ampe, near which the Tigris, flowing by, falls into
the sea. Of the Milesian territory, the Persians themselves
retained the parts round the city, and the plain; the mountainous
parts they gave to the Carians of Pedasus to occupy.
When the Milesians
sians, the Sybarites,
suffered thus at the hands of the
who inhabited Laos and Scydrus,
Perhaving
been deprived of their country, did not show equal sympathy.
For when Sybaris was taken by the Crotonians, all
the Milesians of every age shaved their heads and displayed
marks of deep mourning; for these two cities had been more
strictly united in friendship than any others we are acquainted
with. The Athenians behaved in a very different manner ; for
the Athenians made it evident that they were excessively