ces which have
been mentioned, directed their course next to Proconnesos and Artake;
and when they had delivered these also to the flames, they sailed back
to the Chersonese to destroy the remaining cities which they had not
sacked when they touched there before: but against Kyzicos they did
not sail at all; for the men of Kyzicos even before the time when the
Phenicians sailed in had submitted to the king of their own accord, and
had made terms with Oibares the son of Megabazos, the Persian governor
at Daskyleion. 20.

34. In the Chersonese then the Phenicians made themselves masters of all
the other cities except the city of Cardia. Of these cities up to that
time Miltiades the son of Kimon, the son of Stesagoras, had been despot,
Miltiades the son of Kypselos having obtained this government in the
manner which here follows:--The inhabitants of this Chersonese were
Dolonkian Thracians; and these Dolonkians, being hard pressed in war by
the Apsinthians, sent their kings to Delphi to consult the Oracle about
the war. And the Pythian prophetess answered them that they must bring
into their land as founder of a settlement the man who should first
offer them hospitality as they returned from the temple. The Dolonkians
then passed along the Sacred Road through the land of the Phokians and
of the Boeotians, and as no man invited them, they turned aside and came
to Athens..

35. Now at that time in Athens the government was held by Peisistratos,
but Miltiades also the son of Kypselos had some power, who belonged to
a family which kept four-horse chariot teams, and who was descended
originally from Aiacos and Egina, though in more recent times his family
was Athenian, Philaios the son of Ajax having been the first of his
house who became an Athenian. This Miltiades was sitting in the entrance
of his own dwelling, and seeing the Dolonkians going by with dress that
was not of the native Athenian fashion and with spears, he shouted to
them; and when they approached, he offered them lodging and hospitality.
They then having accepted and having been entertained by him, proceeded
to declare all the utterances of the Oracle; and having declared it they
asked him to do as the god had said: and Miltiades when he heard it
was at once disposed to agree, because he was vexed by the rule of
Peisistratos and desired to be removed out of the way. He set out
therefore forthwith to Delphi to inquire of the Oracle whether he should
do that wh