now. Come,
let us not obey him after this any more." So they said, and forthwith
after this every one refused to obey him, and they pitched their tents
in the island like an army, and kept in the shade, and would not go on
board their ships or practise any exercises.

13. Perceiving this which was being done by the Ionians, the commanders
of the Samians then at length accepted from Aiakes the son of Syloson
those proposals which Aiakes sent before at the bidding of the Persians,
asking them to leave the alliance of the Ionians; the Samians, I say,
accepted these proposals, perceiving that there was great want of
discipline on the part of the Ionians, while at the same time it was
clear to them that it was impossible to overcome the power of the king;
and they well knew also that even if they should overcome the present
naval force of Dareios, 5 another would be upon them five times as
large. Having found an occasion 6 then, so soon as they saw that the
Ionians refused to be serviceable, they counted it gain for themselves
to save their temples and their private property. Now Aiakes, from whom
the Samians accepted the proposals, was the son of Syloson, the son of
Aiakes, and being despot of Samos he had been deprived of his rule by
Aristagoras the Milesian, like the other despots of Ionia..

14. So when the Phenicians sailed to the attack, the Ionians also put
out their ships from shore against them, sailing in single file: and
when they came near and engaged battle with one another, as regards what
followed I am not able exactly to record which of the Ionians showed
themselves cowards or good men in this sea-fight, for they throw blame
upon one another. The Samians however, it is said, according to their
agreement with Aiakes put up their sails then and set forth from their
place in the line to sail back to Samos, excepting only eleven ships:
of these the captains stayed in their places and took part in the
sea-fight, refusing to obey the commanders of their division; and the
public authority of the Samians granted them on account of this to have
their names written up on a pillar with their fathers' names also, 601
as having proved themselves good men; and this pillar exists still in
the market-place. Then the Lesbians also, when they saw that those next
them in order were taking to flight, did the same things as the Samians
had done, and so also most of the Ionians did the very same thing..

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