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On the return of Hippias to Asia from Lacedaemon, he moved heaven
and earth to set Artaphernes against the Athenians, and did all that
lay in his power to bring Athens into subjection to himself and
Darius. So when the Athenians learnt what he was about, they sent
envoys to Sardis, and exhorted the Persians not to lend an ear to the
Athenian exiles. Artaphernes told them in reply, "that if they
wished to remain safe, they must receive back Hippias." The
Athenians, when this answer was reported to them, determined not to
consent, and therefore made up their minds to be at open enmity with
the Persians.
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