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Upon his death Harpagus was sent down to the coast to succeed to his
command. He also was of the race of the Medes, being the man whom
the Median king, Astyages, feasted at the unholy banquet, and who
lent his aid to Place Cyrus upon the throne. Appointed by Cyrus to
conduct the war in these parts, he entered Ionia, and took the cities
by means of mounds. Forcing the enemy to shut themselves up within
their defences, he heaped mounds of earth against their walls, and
thus carried the towns. Phocaea was the city against which he directed
his first attack.
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