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Of all the Ionians these two states alone, rather than submit to
slavery, forsook their fatherland. The others (I except Miletus)
resisted Harpagus no less bravely than those who fled their country,
and performed many feats of arms, each fighting in their own defence,
but one after another they suffered defeat; the cities were taken, and
the inhabitants submitted, remaining in their respective countries,
and obeying the behests of their new lords. Miletus, as I have
already mentioned, had made terms with Cyrus, and so continued at
peace. Thus was continental Ionia once more reduced to servitude;
and when the Ionians of the islands saw their brethren upon the
mainland subjugated, they also, dreading the like, gave themselves up
to Cyrus.
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