g counsel together about their safety, whether they would fare
better if they delivered themselves over to the Persians or if they left
Asia altogether.

120. And while they were thus taking counsel, there came to their aid
the Milesians and their allies. Then the Carians dismissed the plans
which they were before considering and prepared to renew the war again
from the beginning: and when the Persians came to attack them, they
engaged with them and fought a battle, and they were worsted yet more
completely than before; and while many were slain of all parties, 94 the
Milesians suffered most.

121. Then afterwards the Carians repaired this loss and retrieved their
defeat; for being informed that the Persians had set forth to march upon
their cities, they laid an ambush on the road which is by Pedasos, 95
and the Persians falling into it by night were destroyed both they and
their commanders, namely Daurises and Amorges and Sisimakes; and with
them died also Myrsos the son of Gyges. Of this ambush the leader was
Heracleides the son of Ibanollis, a man of Mylasa.

122. These then of the Persians were thus destroyed; and meanwhile
Hymaies, who was another of those who pursued after the Ionians that had
made the expedition to Sardis, directed his march to the Propontis and
took Kios in Mysia; and having conquered this city, when he was informed
that Daurises had left the Hellespont and was marching towards Caria, he
left the Propontis and led his army to the Hellespont: and he conquered
all the Aiolians who occupy the district of Ilion, and also the
Gergithes, who were left behind as a remnant of the ancient Teucrians.
While conquering these tribes Hymaies himself ended his life by sickness
in the land of Troas.

123. He thus brought his life to an end; and Artaphrenes the governor
of the province of Sardis was appointed with Otanes the third of the
commanders to make the expedition against Ionia and that part of Aiolia
which bordered upon it. Of Ionia these took the city of Clazomenai, and
of the Aiolians Kyme.

124. While the cities were thus being taken, Aristagoras the Milesian,
being, as he proved in this instance, not of very distinguished courage,
since after having disturbed Ionia and made preparation of great matters
96 he counselled running away when he saw these things, (moreover it
had become clear to him that it was impossible to overcome king
Dareios),--he, I say, having regard to these things, called tog