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So ended this encounter. Afterwards the Athenians quite forsook the
Ionians, and, though Aristagoras besought them much by his
ambassadors, refused to give him any further help. Still the
Ionians, notwithstanding this desertion, continued unceasingly their
preparations to carry on the war against the Persian king, which their
late conduct towards him had rendered unavoidable. Sailing into the
Hellespont, they brought Byzantium, and all the other cities in that
quarter, under their sway. Again, quitting the Hellespont, they
went to Caria, and won the greater part of the Carians to their
side; while Caunus, which had formerly refused to join with them,
after the burning of Sardis, came over likewise.
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