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The Lacedaemonians arrived before Samos with a mighty armament, and
forthwith laid siege to the place. In one of the assaults upon the
walls, they forced their way to the top of the tower which stands by
the sea on the side where the suburb is, but Polycrates came in person
to the rescue with a strong force, and beat them back. Meanwhile at
the upper tower, which stood on the ridge of the hill, the besieged,
both mercenaries and Samians, made a sally; but after they had
withstood the Lacedaemonians a short time, they fled backwards, and
the Lacedaemonians, pressing upon them, slew numbers.
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