Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

After this the army made an assault, but with no success. Then, when all the others were stopped, a certain Mardian [*](The Mardi were a nomadic Persian tribe.) called Hyroeades attempted to mount by a part of the acropolis where no guard had been set, since no one feared that it could be taken by an attack made here.