Histories

When they had gathered together, many plans were laid before them, the best of which, in my judgment, was that of Pixodarus of Cindya, the son of Mausolus and husband of the daughter of Syennesis, king of Cilicia [34.333,36.666] (region (general)), Turkey, AsiaCilicia. He proposed that the Carians should cross the +Buyukmenderes Nehri [27.183,37.466] (river), Turkey, Asia Maeander and fight with the river at their back, so that being unable to flee and compelled to stand their ground they might prove themselves even braver than nature made them.