| #### CHAPTER 19 |

| #### #### For once upon a time, when the Argives had sent to Delphi to consult the god about the safety of their own city, a prophecy was given them, in which others besides themselves were interested; for while it bore in part upon the fortunes of Argos, it touched in a by-clause the fate of the men of Miletus. I shall set down the portion which concerned the Argives when I come to that part of my History, mentioning at present only the passage in which the absent Milesians were spoken of. This passage was as follows: ####
| #### Then shalt thou, Miletus, so oft the contriver of evil, Be, thyself, to many a least and an excellent booty: Then shall thy matrons wash the feet of long-haired masters Others shall then possess our lov'd Didymian temple. |
#### #### Such a fate now befell the Milesians; for the Persians, who wore their hair long, after killing most of the men, made the women and children slaves; and the sanctuary at Didyma, the oracle no less than the temple was plundered and burnt; of the riches whereof I have made frequent mention in other parts of my History. ####  |