race, but they started from Samos and made
their voyage by the Icarian Sea 84 and between the islands; because, as
I think, they feared more than all else the voyage round Athos, seeing
that in the former year 85 while making the passage by this way they had
come to great disaster. Moreover also Naxos compelled them, since it had
not been conquered at the former time. 86.

96. And when they had arrived at Naxos, coming against it from the
Icarian Sea (for it was against Naxos first that the Persians intended
to make expedition, remembering the former events), the Naxians departed
forthwith fleeing to the mountains, and did not await their attack; but
the Persians made slaves of those of them whom they caught and set fire
to both the temples and the town. Having so done they put out to sea to
attack the other islands.

97. While these were doing thus, the Delians also had left Delos and
fled away to Tenos; and when the armament was sailing in thither, Datis
sailed on before and did not allow the ships to anchor at the island of
Delos, but at Rhenaia on the other side of the channel; and he himself,
having found out by inquiry where the men of Delos were, sent a herald
and addressed them thus: "Holy men, why are ye fled away and departed,
having judged of me that which is not convenient? for even I of myself
have wisdom at least so far, and moreover it has been thus commanded me
by the king, not to harm at all that land in which the two divinities
were born, neither the land itself nor the inhabitants of it. Now
therefore return to your own possessions and dwell in your island." Thus
he proclaimed by a herald to the Delians; and after this he piled up and
burned upon the altar three hundred talents' weight of frankincense.

98. Datis having done these things sailed away with his army to fight
against Eretria first, taking with him both Ionians and Aiolians; and
after he had put out to sea from thence, Delos was moved, not having
been shaken (as the Delians reported to me) either before that time
or since that down to my own time; and this no doubt the god 8601
manifested as a portent to men of the evils that were about to be;
for in the time of Dareios the son of Hystaspes and Xerxes the son of
Dareios and Artoxerxes the son of Xerxes, three generations following
upon one another, there happened more evils to Hellas than during the
twenty other generations which came before Dareios, some of the evils
coming to it from t