Histories

Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus then was left empty of Milesians. The men of property among the Samians were displeased by the dealings of their generals with the Medes, so after the sea-fight they took counsel immediately and resolved that before Aeaces the tyrant came to their country they would sail to a colony, rather than remain and be slaves of the Medes and Aeaces.

The people of Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus)Zancle [*](Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus) Zancle is the later Messina [15.55,38.183] (inhabited place), Messina, Sicily, Italy, EuropeMessene, modern Messina [15.55,38.183] (inhabited place), Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe Messina.) in Sicily [14,37.5] (region), Italy, Europe Sicily about this time sent messengers to Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia inviting the Ionians to the Fair Coast, desiring there to found an Ionian city. This Fair Coast, as it is called, is in Sicily [14,37.5] (region), Italy, Europe Sicily, in that part which looks towards Etruria (region (general)), Italy, EuropeTyrrhenia. At this invitation, the Samians alone of the Ionians, with those Milesians who had escaped, set forth.

In their journey a thing happened to them such as I will show. As they voyaged to Sicily [14,37.5] (region), Italy, Europe Sicily, the Samians came to the country of the Epizephyrian [*](“The epithet distinguishes the Italiot colony from the Locrians of the mother country” (How and Wells).) Locrians at a time when the people of Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus) Zancle and their king (whose name was Scythes) were besieging a Sicilian town desiring to take it.