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Zanclaians escaped from Incyos to Himera, and thence he came to Asiaand went up to the court of Dareios: and Dareios accounted him themost righteous of all the men who had come up to him from Hellas; forhe obtained leave of the king and went away to Sicily, and again cameback from Sicily to the king; and at last he brought his life to anend among the Persians in old age and possessing great wealth. TheSamians then, having got rid of the rule of the Medes, had gained forthemselves without labour the fair city of Zancle.25. After the sea-battle which was fought for Miletos, the Pheniciansby the command of the Persians restored to Samos Aiakes the son ofSyloson, since he had been to them of much service and had done forthem great things; and the Samians alone of all who revolted fromDareios, because of the desertion of their ships which were in thesea-fight,[13] had neither their city nor their temples burnt. Thenafter the capture of Miletos the Persians forthwith got possession ofCaria, some of the cities having submitted to their power voluntarily,while others of them they brought over by force.26. Thus it came to pass as regards these matters: and meanwhileHistiaios the Milesian, who was at Byzantion and was seizing themerchant vessels of the Ionians as they sailed forth out of thePontus, received the report of that which had happened about Miletos.Upon that he entrusted the matters which had to do with the Hellespontto Bisaltes the son of Apollophanes, a man of Abydos, while he himselfwith the Lesbians sailed to Chios; and when a body of the Chians whowere on guard did not allow him to approach, he fought with them atthat spot in the Chian land which is called the "Hollows."[14]Histiaios then not only slew many of these, but also, taking Polichneof the Chians as his base, he conquered with the help of the Lesbiansthe remainder of the Chians as well, since they had suffered greatloss by the sea-fight. 27. And heaven is wont perhaps to give signsbeforehand whenever great evils are about to happen to a city or arace of men; for to the Chians also before these events remarkablesigns had come. In the first place when they had sent to Delphi achorus of a hundred youths, two only returned home, the remainingninety-eight of them having been seized by a plague and carried off;and then secondly in their city about the same time, that is shortlybefore the sea-fight, as some children were being taught[15] in schoolthe roof fell in upon them, so that of a hundred and twenty childrenonly one escaped. These signs God showed to them beforehand; and afterthis the sea-fight came upon them and brought their State down uponits knees; and as the Chians had suffered great loss, he withoutdifficulty effected the conquest of them.28. Thence Histiaios made an expedition against Thasos, taking with