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1. A Persian of the royal family of the Achaemenidae, cousin of Dareius and of Artaphernes,
was appointed by the latter to the command of the expedition sent to assist Aristagoras in the
reduction of Naxos; but, in consequence of a quarrel with Aristagoras, Megabates betrayed the
object of the expedition to the Naxians, who, thus forewarned, defended themselves
successfully. (