Histories

When Aristagoras heard that, he went away to Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus in great joy. Artaphrenes sent a messenger to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa with the news of what Aristagoras said, and when Darius himself too had consented to the plan, he equipped two hundred triremes and a very great company of Persians and their allies in addition. For their general he appointed Megabates, a Persian of the Achaemenid family, cousin to himself and to Darius. This was he whose daughter (if indeed the tale is true) Pausanias the Lacedaemonian, son of Cleombrotus, at a later day betrothed to himself, since it was his wish to possess the sovereignty of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. After appointing Megabates general, Artaphrenes sent his army away to Aristagoras.

Then Megabates,[*](Megabates' expedition was in 499.) bringing Aristagoras from Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus, the Ionian army, and the Naxians, pretended to be sailing to the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont, but when he came to +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios, he put in with his ships at Caucasa [*](Evidently a harbor on the S.W. coast of +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios.) so that he might cross with a north wind to +Nisos Naxos [25.583,32.33] (island), Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Naxos.