Histories

While the Persians still fought, the Lacedaemonians and their comrades came up and finished what was left of the business. The Greeks too lost many men there, notably the men of Sikyon [22.725,37.9833] (Perseus)Sicyon and their general Perilaus.

As for the Samians who served in the Median army and had been disarmed, they, seeing from the first that victory hung in the balance,[*](e(teralkh\s here probably means “doubtful,” giving victory to one side or the other; cp. Hdt. 7.11; in Homer it means “decisive,” giving victory to one side as opposed to the other.) did what they could in their desire to aid the Greeks. When the other Ionians saw the Samians set the example, they also abandoned the Persians and attacked the foreigners.

The Persians had for their own safety appointed the Milesians to watch the passes, so that if anything should happen to the Persian army such as did happen to it, they might have guides to bring them safely to the heights of Mykale [26.8667,38.1] (Perseus)Mykale. This was the task to which the Milesians were appointed for the reason mentioned above and so that they might not be present with the army and so turn against it. They acted wholly contrary to the charge laid upon them; they misguided the fleeing Persians by ways that led them among their enemies, and at last they themselves became their worst enemies and killed them. In this way Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia revolted for the second time from the Persians.

In that battle those of the Greeks who fought best were the Athenians, and the Athenian who fought best was one who practised the pancratium,[*](The “pancratium” was a mixture of boxing and wrestling.) Hermolycus son of Euthoenus. This Hermolycus on a later day met his death in a battle at Cyrnus in Carystus during a war between the Athenians and Carystians, and lay dead on Geraestus. Those who fought best after the Athenians were the men of Corinth [22.9083,37.9083] (Perseus) Corinth and Troizen [23.375,37.5] (Perseus)Troezen and Sikyon [22.725,37.9833] (Perseus)Sicyon.