Histories

Herodotus

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

This the Amathusians did, and have done to this day. When, however, the Ionians engaged in the sea-battle off Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus learned that Onesilus' cause was lost and that the cities of Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus, with the exception of Salamis [33.9,35.166] (deserted settlement), Famagusta, Cyprus, AsiaSalamis which the Salaminians had handed over to their former king Gorgus, were besieged, they sailed off to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia without delay.

+Soli [34.55,36.75] (Perseus) Soli was the Cyprian city which withstood siege longest; the Persians took it in the fifth month by digging a mine under its walls.