Histories

He dismissed from command Mardonius, who had fared so badly on his expedition, and appointed other generals to lead his armies against Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens and +Eretria [23.8083,38.3917] (Perseus) Eretria, Datis, a Mede by birth, and his own nephew Artaphrenes son of Artaphrenes; the order he gave them at their departure was to enslave Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens and +Eretria [23.8083,38.3917] (Perseus) Eretria and bring the slaves into his presence.

When these appointed generals on their way from the king reached the Aleian plain in Cilicia [34.333,36.666] (region (general)), Turkey, AsiaCilicia, bringing with them a great and well-furnished army, they camped there and were overtaken by all the fleet that was assigned to each; there also arrived the transports for horses, which in the previous year Darius had bidden his tributary subjects to make ready.