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While Histiaeus and the Mytilenaeans were thus employed, Miletus
was expecting an attack from a vast armament, which comprised both a
fleet and also a land force. The Persian captains had drawn their
several detachments together, and formed them into a single army; and
had resolved to pass over all the other cities, which they regarded as
of lesser account, and to march straight on Miletus. Of the naval
states, Phoenicia showed the greatest zeal; but the fleet was
composed likewise of the Cyprians (who had so lately been brought
under), the Cilicians, and also the Egyptians.
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