Histories

Now it chanced that the deputy ruling Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus was Aristagoras son of Molpagoras, son-in-law and cousin of that Histiaeus son of Lysagoras whom Darius kept with him at Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa. Histiaeus was tyrant of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus but was at Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa when the Naxians, who had been his guests and friends, arrived.

When the Naxians came to Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus, they asked Aristagoras if he could give them enough power to return to their own country. Believing that he would become ruler of +Nisos Naxos [25.583,32.33] (island), Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Naxos if they were restored to their city with his help and using as a pretext their friendship with Histiaeus, he made them this proposal: