Histories

The Thracians in the army wore fox-skin caps on their heads, and tunics on their bodies; over these they wore embroidered mantles; they had shoes of fawnskin on their feet and legs; they also had javelins and little shields and daggers.

They took the name of Bithynians after they crossed over to Asia (continent)Asia; before that they were called (as they themselves say) Strymonians, since they lived by the Strymon; they say that they were driven from their homes by Teucrians and Mysians. The commander of the Thracians of Asia (continent)Asia was Bassaces son of Artabanus.

The <Pisidians> had little shields of raw oxhide; each man carried two wolf-hunters' spears; they wore helmets of bronze, and on these helmets were the ears and horns of oxen wrought in bronze, and also crests; their legs were wrapped around with strips of purple rags. Among these men is a place of divination sacred to Ares.

The Cabelees,[*](From a district bordered by +Caria [28,37.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Caria, Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia, +Pisidia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Pisidia, and +Lycia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lycia.) who are Meiones and are called Lasonii, had the same equipment as the Cilicians; when I come in my narrative to the place of the Cilicians, I will then declare what it was. The Milyae had short spears and garments fastened by brooches; some of them carried Lycian bows and wore caps of skin on their heads. The commander of all these was Badres son of Hystanes.

The Moschi wore wooden helmets on their heads, and carried shields and small spears with long points. The Tibareni and Macrones and Mossynoeci in the army were equipped like the Moschi. The commanders who marshalled them were, for the Moschi and Tibareni, Ariomardus son of Darius and Parmys, the daughter of Cyrus' son Smerdis; for the Macrones and Mossynoeci, Artayctes son of Cherasmis, who was governor of Sestos [26.4,40.2833] (Perseus)Sestus on the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont.