Histories

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.

Gorgus, after having lost his city, took refuge with the Medes, and Onesilus, now king of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis, persuaded all Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus to revolt with him, all save the Amathusians, who would not consent. He accordingly stationed his forces in front of their city and besieged it.

Onesilus, then, besieged +Amathus [33.05,34.6667] (Perseus) Amathus. When it was reported to Darius that Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis had been taken and burnt by the Athenians and Ionians and that Aristagoras the Milesian had been leader of the conspiracy for the making of this plan, he at first, it is said, took no account of the Ionians since he was sure that they would not go unpunished for their rebellion. Darius did, however, ask who the Athenians were, and after receiving the answer, he called for his bow. This he took and, placing an arrow on it, and shot it into the sky, praying as he sent it aloft,

“O Zeus, grant me vengeance on the Athenians.” Then he ordered one of his servants to say to him three times whenever dinner was set before him, “Master, remember the Athenians.”