Histories

It is said that about three hundred ships were lost, and more than twenty thousand men. Since the coasts of +Mount Athos [24.316,40.166] (inhabited place), Pangaion Oros, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Athos abound in wild beasts, some men were carried off by beasts and so perished; others were dashed against the rocks; those who could not swim perished because of that, and still others by the cold.

Thus it fared with the fleet; as for Mardonius and his land army, while they were encamped in Macedonia (region (general)), EuropeMacedonia, the Brygi of Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace attacked them by night and killed many of them, wounding Mardonius himself. But not even these could escape being enslaved by the Persians; Mardonius did not depart from those lands before he had subjugated them.

After conquering them, he led his army away homewards, since the Brygi had dealt a heavy blow to his army and +Mount Athos [24.316,40.166] (inhabited place), Pangaion Oros, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Athos an even heavier blow to his fleet. This expedition after an inglorious adventure returned back to Asia (continent)Asia.

In the next year after this,[*](491.)Darius first sent a message bidding the Thasians, who were falsely reported by their neighbors to be planning rebellion, to destroy their walls and bring their ships to +Abdera [24.9667,40.9833] (Perseus) Abdera.

Since they had been besieged by Histiaeus of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus and had great revenues, the Thasians had used their wealth to build ships of war and surround themselves with stronger walls.

Their revenue came from the mainland and from the mines. About eighty talents on average came in from the gold-mines of the “Dug Forest”,[*](On the Thracian coast, opposite +Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos.) and less from the mines of +Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos itself, yet so much that the Thasians, paying no tax on their crops, drew a yearly revenue from the mainland and the mines of two hundred talents on average, and three hundred when the revenue was greatest.

I myself have seen these mines; by far the most marvellous were those that were found by the Phoenicians who with +Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos colonized this island, which is now called after that Phoenician Thasos.

These Phoenician mines are between the place called Aenyra and Coenyra in +Thasos [24.716,40.783] (deserted settlement), Thasos, Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Thasos, opposite +Samothrace (island), Nomos Evrou, Western Thrace, Greece, Europe Samothrace; they are in a great hill that has been dug up in the searching. So much for that. The Thasians at the king's command destroyed their walls and brought all their ships to +Abdera [24.9667,40.9833] (Perseus) Abdera.