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King Darius had no sooner crossed the Hellespont and reached
Sardis, than he bethought himself of the good deed of Histiaeus the
Milesian, and the good counsel of the Mytilenean Coes. He
therefore sent for both of them to Sardis, and bade them each crave a
boon at his hands. Now Histiaeus, as he was already king of
Miletus, did not make request for any government besides, but asked
Darius to give him Myrcinus of the Edonians, where he wished to
build him a city. Such was the choice that Histiaeus made. Coes,
on the other hand, as he was a mere burgher, and not a king,
requested the sovereignty of Mytilene. Both alike obtained their
requests, and straight-way betook themselves to the places which they
had chosen.
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