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Ἱστορίαι

Ἱστορίαι Herodotus

Book 5

115.1 This the Amathusians did, and have done to this day. When, however, the Ionians engaged in the sea-battle off Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus learned that Onesilus' cause was lost and that the cities of Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus, with the exception of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis which the Salaminians had handed over to their former king Gorgus, were besieged, they sailed off to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia without delay.
115.2 +Soli [34.55,36.75] (Perseus) Soli was the Cyprian city which withstood siege longest; the Persians took it in the fifth month by digging a mine under its walls.
116.1 So the Cyprians, after winning freedom for a year, were enslaved once more.In 497. Daurises, Hymaees, and Otanes, all of them Persian generals and married to daughters of Darius, pursued those Ionians who had marched to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, and drove them to their ships. After this victory they divided the cities among themselves and sacked them.

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