Histories

The Pythia answered that they should bring to their land as founder the first man who offered them hospitality after they left the sacred precinct. But as the Dolonci passed through +Phocis (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Phocis and Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia, going along the Sacred Way,[*](“The Sacred Way seems to have led E. by +Daulis [22.75,38.5167] (Perseus) Daulis, Panopeus, and +Chaironeia (inhabited place), Boeotia, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Chaeronea, then S.E. by +Koroneia (deserted settlement), Boeotia, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Coronea, Haliartus, and Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes, then S. over Cithaeron to +Eleusis [23.5583,38.0417] (Perseus) Eleusis, whence it was continued to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens by the best-known o(do\s i(era/.” (How and Wells.)) no one invited them, so they turned toward Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens.

At that time in Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens, Pisistratus held all power, but Miltiades son of Cypselus also had great influence. His household was rich enough to maintain a four-horse chariot, and he traced his earliest descent to Aeacus and +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina, though his later ancestry was Athenian. Philaeus son of Ajax was the first of that house to be an Athenian.

Miltiades was sitting on his porch when he saw the Dolonci go by with their foreign clothing and spears, so he called out to them, and when they came over, he invited them in for lodging and hospitality. They accepted, and after he entertained them, they revealed the whole story of the oracle to him and asked him to obey the god.

He was persuaded as soon as he heard their speech, for he was tired of Pisistratus' rule and wanted to be away from it. He immediately set out for Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi to ask the oracle if he should do what the Dolonci asked of him.