Histories

This, then is how they fared in their fighting. Presently, however, the Athenians wholly separated themselves from the Ionians and refused to aid them, although Aristagoras sent messages of earnest entreaty. Despite the fact that they had been deprived of their Athenian allies, the Ionians fervently continued their war against the king (for they remained committed by what they had done to Darius).

They sailed to the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont and made +Byzantium [28.95,41.0333] (Perseus) Byzantium and all the other cities of that region subject to themselves. Then sailing out from the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont they gained to their cause the greater part of +Caria [28,37.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Caria, for even +Caunus [28.6333,36.8333] (Perseus) Caunus, which till then had not wanted to be their ally, now joined itself to them after the burning of Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis.

The Cyprians did likewise of their own free will, all save the people of +Amathus [33.05,34.6667] (Perseus) Amathus, for these too revolted from the Medes in such manner as I will show. There was a certain Onesilus, a younger brother of Gorgus king of the Salaminians,[*](Of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis in Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus.) son of Chersis, whose father was Siromus, and grandson of Euelthon.

This man had often before advised Gorgus to revolt from Darius, and now when he heard that the Ionians too had revolted, he was insistent in striving to move him. When, however, he could not persuade Gorgus, he and his faction waited till his brother had gone out of the city of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis, and shut him out of the gates.