Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

The men of Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeLesbos and Tenedos [26.05,39.8167] (Perseus)Tenedos, then, like the Ionian islanders, had nothing to fear. The rest of the cities deliberated together and decided to follow the Ionians' lead.

So when the envoys of the Ionians and Aeolians came to Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus)Sparta (for they set about this in haste) they chose a Phocaean, whose name was Pythennos, to speak for all. He then put on a purple cloak, so that as many Spartans as possible might assemble to hear him, and stood up and made a long speech asking aid for his people.