Histories

Herodotus

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

The Paeonians were very glad when they heard that, and although some of them remained where they were for fear of danger, the rest took their children and women and fled to the sea. After arriving there, the Paeonians crossed over to +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios.

They were already in +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios, when a great host of Persian horsemen came after them in pursuit. Unable to overtake them, the Persians sent to +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios, commanding the Paeonians to go back. The Paeonians would not consent to this, but were brought from +Khios [26.116,38.383] (inhabited place), Chios, Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Chios by the Chians to +Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lesbos and carried by the Lesbians to Doriscus, from where they made their way by land to Paeonia.