Histories

This, then, is what Darius said, and after appointing Artaphrenes, his father's son, to be viceroy of Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, he rode away to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa, taking Histiaeus with him. First, however, he made Otanes governor of the people on the coast. Otanes' father Sisamnes had been one of the royal judges,[*](Cp. Hdt. 3.31.) and Cambyses had cut his throat and flayed off all his skin because he had been bribed to give an unjust judgment. Then he cut leather strips of the skin which had been torn away and with these he covered the seat upon which Sisamenes had sat to give judgment.

After doing this, Cambyses appointed the son of this slain and flayed Sisamnes to be judge in his place, admonishing him to keep in mind the nature of the throne on which he was sitting.

This Otanes, then, who sat upon that seat, was now made successor to Megabazus in his governorship. He captured +Byzantium [28.95,41.0333] (Perseus) Byzantium, Calchedon, Antandrus in the +Troas (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Troad, and Lamponium, and with ships he had taken from the Lesbians, he took +Lemnos [25.25,39.916] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lemnos and Imbros, both of which were still inhabited by Pelasgians.

The Lemnians fought well and defended themselves, till at last they were brought to evil plight, and the Persians set as governor over those that were left of them Lycaretus the brother of Maeandrius who had been king of +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos.