Histories

Herodotus

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

The Carians, however, rallied and fought again after this disaster, for learning that the Persians had set forth to march against their cities, they beset the road with an ambush at Pedasus. The Persians fell into this by night and perished, they and their generals, Daurises and Amorges and Sisimaces. With these fell also Myrsus, son of Gyges. The leader of this ambush was Heraclides of Mylasas, son of Ibanollis.

This, then, is how these Persians perished. Hymaees, who had been one of those who went in pursuit of the Ionians who marched on Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, now turned towards the Propontis, and there took Cius in +Mysia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Mysia.

When he had taken this place and heard that Daurises had left the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont and was marching towards +Caria [28,37.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Caria, he left the Propontis and led his army to the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont, making himself master of all the Aeolians who dwell in the territory of Troy [26.25,39.95] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaIlium, and of the Gergithae, a remnant of the ancient Trojans. While he was conquering these nations, however, Hymaees himself died of a sickness in the +Troas (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Troad.