Histories

It accordingly came about that they admitted to their alliance the Samians, Chians, Lesbians, and all other islanders who had served with their forces, and bound them by pledge and oaths to remain faithful and not desert their allies. When the oaths had been sworn, the Greeks set sail to break the bridges, supposing that these still held fast. So they laid their course for the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont.

The few barbarians who escaped were driven to the heights of Mykale [26.8667,38.1] (Perseus)Mykale, and made their way from there to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis. While they were making their way along the road, Masistes son of Darius, who happened to have been present at the Persian disaster, reviled the admiral Artayntes very bitterly, telling him (with much beside) that such generalship as his proved him worse than a woman, and that no punishment was too severe for the harm he had done the king's estate. Now it is the greatest of all taunts in Iran [53,32] (nation), AsiaPersia to be called worse than a woman.