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Thus when Aristagoras the Milesian told Cleomenes the Lacedaemonian
that it was a three months' journey from the sea up to the king, he
said no more than the truth. The exact distance (if any one desires
still greater accuracy) is somewhat more; for the journey from
Ephesus to Sardis must be added to the foregoing account; and this
will make the whole distance between the Greek Sea and Susa (or the
city of Memnon, as it is called) 14,040 furlongs; since
Ephesus is distant from Sardis 540 furlongs. This would add three
days to the three months' journey.
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