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and Macedonia straight for Thracia, being in truth earnest to proceedand going through the land by the shortest possible way:[99] and so hecame to Byzantion, having left behind him great numbers of his army,who had either been cut down by the Thracians on the way or had beenovercome by hunger and fatigue;[100] and from Byzantion he passed overin ships. He himself[101] then thus made his return back to Asia.90. Now on the same day on which the defeat took place at Plataia,another took place also, as fortune would have it, at Mycale in Ionia.For when the Hellenes who had come in the ships with Leotychides theLacedemonian, were lying at Delos, there came to them as envoys fromSamos Lampon the son of Thrasycles and Athenagoras the son ofArchestratides and Hegesistratos the son of Aristagoras, who had beensent by the people of Samos without the knowledge either of thePersians or of the despot Theomestor the son of Androdamas, whom thePersians had set up to be despot of Samos. When these had beenintroduced before the commanders, Hegesistratos spoke at great lengthusing arguments of all kinds, and saying that so soon as the Ioniansshould see them they would at once revolt from the Persians, and thatthe Barbarians would not wait for their attack; and if after all theydid so, then the Hellenes would take a prize such as they would nevertake again hereafter; and appealing to the gods worshipped in commonhe endeavoured to persuade them to rescue from slavery men who wereHellenes and to drive away the Barbarian: and this he said was easyfor them to do, for the ships of the enemy sailed badly and were nomatch for them in fight. Moreover if the Hellenes suspected that theywere endeavouring to bring them on by fraud, they were ready to betaken as hostages in their ships. 91. Then as the stranger of Samoswas urgent in his prayer, Leotychides inquired thus, either desiringto hear for the sake of the omen or perhaps by a chance whichProvidence brought about: "Stranger of Samos, what is thy name?" Hesaid "Hegesistratos."[102] The other cut short the rest of the speech,stopping all that Hegesistratos had intended to say further, and said:"I accept the augury given in Hegesistratos, stranger of Samos. Dothou on thy part see that thou give us assurance, thou and the men whoare with thee, that the Samians will without fail be our zealousallies, and after that sail away home." 92. Thus he spoke and to thewords he added the deed; for forthwith the Samians gave assurance andmade oaths of alliance with the Hellenes, and having so done theothers sailed away home, but Hegesistratos he bade sail with theHellenes, considering the name to be an augury of good success. Thenthe Hellenes after staying still that day made sacrifices for successon the next day, their diviner being Deïphonos the son of Euenios anApolloniate, of that Apollonia which lies in the Ionian gulf.[102a]93. To this man's father Euenios it happened as follows:--There are atthis place Apollonia sheep sacred to the Sun, which during the day