|
Iatragoras accordingly was despatched on this errand, and he took with
guile Oliatus the son of Ibanolis the Mylassian, and Histiaeus the
son of Tymnes the Termerean-Coes likewise, the son of Erxander,
to whom Darius gave Mytilene, and Aristagoras the son of Heraclides
the Cymaean, and also many others. Thus Aristagoras revolted openly
from Darius; and now he set to work to scheme against him in every
possible way. First of all, in order to induce the Milesians to join
heartily in the revolt, he gave out that he laid down his own lordship
over Miletus, and in lieu thereof established a commonwealth: after
which, throughout all Ionia he did the like; for from some of the
cities he drove out their tyrants, and to others, whose goodwill he
hoped thereby to gain, he handed theirs over, thus giving up all the
men whom he had seized at the Naxian fleet, each to the city whereto
he belonged.
|
|