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When the Persians, therefore, approaching from the Icarian Sea,
cast anchor at Naxos, which, recollecting what there befell them
formerly, they had determined to attack before any other state, the
Naxians, instead of encountering them, took to flight, and hurried
off to the hills. The Persians however succeeded in laying hands on
some, and them they carried away captive, while at the same time they
burnt all the temples together with the town. This done, they left
Naxos, and sailed away to the other islands.
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