Histories

and for a long time no one would use barley meal from this land of Atarneus [26.95,39.05] (Perseus) Atarneus in sacrifices to any god, or make sacrificial cakes of what grew there; everything that came from that country was kept away from any sacred rite.

The Chians, then, surrendered Pactyes, and afterwards Mazares led his army against those who had helped to besiege Tabalus, and he enslaved the people of Priene [27.2833,37.6333] (Perseus)Priene, and overran the plain of the Maeandrus, giving it to his army to pillage and Magnesia ad Meander [27.416,37.833] (deserted settlement), Aydin Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, AsiaMagnesia likewise. Immediately after this he died of an illness.

After his death, Harpagus, a Mede like Mazares, came down to succeed him in his command; this is the Harpagus who was entertained by Astyages the king of the Medes at that unnatural feast, and who helped win the kingship for Cyrus.

This man was now made general by Cyrus. When he came to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia, he took the cities by means of earthworks; he would drive the men within their walls and then build earthworks against the walls and so take the cities.