Histories

Herodotus

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

Then the fleet departed from Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia and captured everything which lies to the left of one sailing up the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont; the right side had been subdued by the Persians themselves from the mainland. These are the regions of Europe (continent)Europe that belong to the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont: the Gelibolu Yarimadasi (peninsula), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaChersonese, in which there are many cities; Perinthus, and the forts that lie towards Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace, and Selymbria [28.25,41.0833] (Perseus)Selymbria and Byzantium [28.95,41.0333] (Perseus) Byzantium.

The Byzantines and the Calchedonians beyond them did not even wait for the attack of the Phoenicians, but left their own land and fled away into the Black Sea [38,42] (sea) Euxine, and there settled in the city of Mesambria. The Phoenicians burnt the aforementioned places and turned against Marmara Adasi [27.616,40.633] (island), Balikesir, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Proconnesus and Artace; after giving these also to the flames they sailed back to the Gelibolu Yarimadasi (peninsula), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaChersonese to finish off the remaining cities, as many as they had not destroyed at their former landing.

But they did not sail against Cyzicus [27.9,40.4167] (Perseus) Cyzicus at all; the Cyzicenes had already made themselves the king's subjects before the Phoenician expedition, by an agreement with the governor at Dascyleum, Oebares son of Megabazus.