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	Histiaeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Histiaeus (died 494 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was the tyrant of Miletus in the late 6th century BC.
		Histiaeus suggested that they pretend to follow the Scythian plan, and was sent as an ambassador to tell them this, while the rest of the tyrants pretended to demolish the bridge.
		Histiaeus' nephew and son-in-law Aristagoras was left in control of Miletus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Histiaeus (684 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 499 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Histiaeus, already in possession of Miletus, asked and obtained a district on the Strymon, in Thrace, where, leaving Miletus under the charge of his kinsman, Aristagoras, he built a town called Myrcinus, apparently with a view of establishing an independent kingdom.
		Histiaeus followed Dareius reluctantly to Susa, where he was detained for thirteen years, till the outbreak of the Ionian revolt, kindly treated, but prohibited from returning.
		It is unaccountable that Dareius should have been so, easily deceived: yet he suffered Histiaeus to depart, on his engaging to reduce Ionia, and to make Sardinia, which he described as an important island, tributary to the Persians.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1607.html (869 words)

	Ionia
		Miletus especially was at an early period one of the most important commercial cities of Greece; and in its turn became the parent of numerous other colonies, which extended all around the shores of the Euxine Sea and the Propontis from Abydus and Cyzicus to Trapezus and Panticapaeum.
		It was at the instigation of one of these despots, Histiaeus of Miletus, that in about 500 BC the principal cities ignited the Ionic Revolt against Persia.
		The victories of the Greeks during the great Persian war had the effect of enfranchizing their kinsmen on the other side of the Aegean; and the battle of Mycale (479 BC), in which the defeat of the Persians was in great measure owing to the Ionians, secured their emancipation.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/i/io/ionia.shtml (1270 words)

	A Smaller History of Greece - Chapter VII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The other rulers of the Ionian cities were at first disposed to follow his suggestion; but as soon as Histiaeus of Miletus reminded them that their sovereignty depended upon the support of the Persian king, and that his ruin would involve their own, they changed their minds and resolved to await the Persians.
		Megabazus, on his return to Sardis, where Darius awaited him, informed the Persian monarch that Histiaeus was collecting the elements of a power which might hereafter prove formidable to the Persian sovereignty, since Myrcinus commanded the navigation of the Strymon, and consequently the commerce with the interior of Thrace.
		Darius, perceiving that the apprehensions of his general were not without foundation, summoned Histiaeus to his presence, and, under the pretext that he could not bear to be deprived of the company of his friend, carried him with the rest of the court to Susa.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/ASmallerHistoryofGreece/chap7.html (4366 words)

	Book 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Miletus itself, and the plain about the city, were kept by the Persians for themselves, while the hill-country was assigned to the Carians of Pedasus.
		Histiaeus had no sooner heard the news than he gave the Hellespont in charge to Bisaltes, son of Apollophanes, a native of Abydos, and himself, at the head of his Lesbians, set sail for Chios.
		The Thasians, at the time when Histiaeus the Milesian made his attack upon them, had resolved that, as their income was very great, they would apply their wealth to building ships of war, and surrounding their city with another and a stronger wall.
	www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk /Text/Book6.htm (8264 words)

	History of Iran: Histories of Herodotus, Book 5
		Histiaeus, when he heard this, put faith in the words of the messenger; and, as it seemed to him a grand thing to be the king's counsellor, he straightway went up to Sardis.
		Aristagoras, son of Molpagoras, the nephew and likewise the son-in-law of Histiaeus, son of Lysagoras, who was still kept by Darius at Susa, happened to be regent of Miletus at the time of their coming.
		All this Histiaeus did because it irked him greatly to be kept at Susa, and because he had strong hopes that, if troubles broke out, he would be sent down to the coast to quell them, whereas, if Miletus made no movement, he did not see a chance of his ever again returning thither.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/herodotus/herodotus_history_book5.php (16542 words)

	Herodotus: Book Six
		Histiaeus' secret communications with potential Persian allies at Sardis betrayed by a messenger to Artaphrenes, who uses the messenger in place to also read the replies to Histiaeus' letters; Histiaeus' cover blown (4).
		While besieging Thasos, Histiaeus learns of a Phoenician fleet heading for Lesbos and moves to intercept; but while his men are foraging for grain on the mainland they are attacked by Persian troops and beaten; Histiaeus is taken prisoner (28).
		Histiaeus is taken to Sardis and slain by Artaphrenes; Darius is displeased on receiving his embalmed head, and grants him burial honors (30).
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/Hum110/Hdt/Hdt6.html (3169 words)

	Ionia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The names of the twelve cities, going from south to north, were Miletus, Myus, Priené, Samos (city and island), Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedus, Teos, Erythrae, Chios (city and island), Clazomenae, and Phocaea; the first three on the coast of Caria, the rest on that of Lydia.
		After the defeat of Xerxes, the Greeks carried the war to the coasts of Asia, and effected the liberation of Ionia by the victories of Mycalé (479), and of the Eurymedon (469).
		The Ionian alphabet was the most important of the eastern branches of the old Greek alphabet and the form employed in the city of Miletus was adopted as the official alphabet in Athens in 403 B.C. In the middle of the 4th century B.C. this became the twenty-four letter Greek alphabet of the classical period.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/ionia.htm (3556 words)

	The History of Herodotus Chapter V
		All this he urged, and reminded them also that Miletus was a colony from Athens, and therefore ought to receive their succour, since they were so powerful- and in the earnestness of his entreaties, he cared little what he promised- till, at the last, he prevailed and won them over.
		Aristagoras sailed away in advance, and when he reached Miletus, devised a plan, from which no manner of advantage could possibly accrue to the Ionians;- indeed, in forming it, he did not aim at their benefit, but his sole wish was to annoy King Darius.
		Histiaeus spoke thus, wishing to deceive the king; and Darius, persuaded by his words, let him go; only bidding him be sure to do as he had promised, and afterwards come back to Susa.
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	HERODOTUS - THE HISTORY - FULL TEXT - THE SIXTH BOOK - ERATO - Athenaeum Library of Philosophy
		After this, Histiaeus, by means of a certain Hermippus, a native of Atarneus, sent letters to many of the Persians in Sardis, who had before held some discourse with him concerning a revolt.
		As for Histiaeus, when his hopes in this matter were disappointed, he persuaded the Chians to carry him back to Miletus; but the Milesians were too well pleased at having got quit of Aristagoras to be anxious to receive another tyrant into their country; besides which they had now tasted liberty.
		Histiaeus now led a numerous army, composed of Ionians and Aelians, against Thasos, and had laid siege to the place when news arrived that the Phoenicians were about to quit Miletus and attack the other cities of Ionia.
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	Ionian Revolt essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		So when Aristagoras returns to Miletus he is in fear for his life, and from his point of view, it would be a good motive for rebellion - to avoid punishment from Persia.
		Herodotus says "what prompted Histiaeus to do this was his distress at being detained in Susa." So Herodotus conveys to us that the only motive is the fact that Histiaeus is homesick.
		Histiaeus is also hunted down and killed horribly, after his pirate career takes a turn for the worse.
	www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk /essays/inrevolt.htm (3986 words)

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		While Histiaeus was practically a prisoner at the court of Darius, he acted as regent in Miletus.
		In 500 B.C. he persuaded the Persians to join him in an attack upon Naxos, but he quarrelled with Megabates, the Persian commander, who warned the inhabitants of the island, and the expedition failed.
		Finding himself the object of Persian suspicion, Aristagoras, instigated by a message from Histiaeus, raised the standard of revolt in Miletus, though it seems likely that this step had been under consideration for some time (see IONIA).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=4534 (204 words)

	HERODOTUS - THE HISTORY - FULL TEXT - THE FIFTH BOOK - TERPSICHORE - Athenaeum Library of Philosophy
		He had become aware while in Europe that Histiaeus the Milesian was raising a wall at Myrcinus—the town upon the Strymon which he had obtained from King Darius as his guerdon for keeping the bridge.
		All this he urged, and reminded them also that Miletus was a colony from Athens, and therefore ought to receive their succour, since they were so powerful—and in the earnestness of his entreaties, he cared little what he promised—till, at the last, he prevailed and won them over.
		Aristagoras sailed away in advance, and when he reached Miletus, devised a plan, from which no manner of advantage could possibly accrue to the Ionians;—indeed, in forming it, he did not aim at their benefit, but his sole wish was to annoy King Darius.
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /herodotus05.htm (15421 words)

	Athens: Rise and Fall by Lytton, Edward Bulwer - Chapter 13
		Histiaeus was describing the walls with which the ancient
		Miletus, requiring only his return on the fulfilment of his promises.
		Darius rebuked the zeal of the satrap, and
	www.literaturepost.com /chapter/13821.html (5143 words)

	Amazing facts
		The 5th century BC Greek historian, Herodotus, records how Histiaeus of Miletus, who was being held against his will by King Darius of Susa, sent a tattooed secret message to his son-in-law, Aristagoras.
		Histiaeus shaved the hair of his slave and tattooed the message on to the man's head.
		The slave was told that the procedure would cure his failing eyesight.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /upload/package/8/html/1.htm (144 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor
		Then he bade one of his men who was noted for the strength of his voice to call aloud for Histiaeus of Miletus.
		The king was grateful to Histiaeus when he heard that it was he who had persuaded the other tyrants to await his return, after the sixty days had passed, and he bade him ask for whatever he wished.
		Aristagoras, the brother-in-law of Histiaeus, was now made tyrant of Miletus, while Darius appointed his own brother Artaphernes to be ruler of Sardis.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=darius (582 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Persian War by Alfred J. Church
		After this Aristagoras sailed to Miletus; and so soon as he was gone there he did a thing which could be of no profit to the men of Ionia, but vexed King Darius.
		The Persians besieged Miletus both by land and sea, digging mines under the walls, and using against it all manner of devices.
		Such of the inhabitants of Miletus as were not slain were sent up to Susa.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=church&book=persian&story=taking (3484 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 871
		Then he summoned into his presence Histiaeus of Miletus, whom he had kept at his court for so long a time.
		Histiaeus answered, "What words are these, O king, to which you have given utterance?
		Suffer me then to hasten at my best speed to Ionia, that I may place matters there upon their former footing, and deliver up to you the deputy of Miletus, who has caused all the troubles.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_871.htm (329 words)

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		The Ionic cities were early distinguished by a spirit of commercial enterprise, and soon rose superior in wealth and in power to their AEolian and Dorian neighbours.
		Among the Ionic cities themselves Miletus and Ephesus were the most flourishing, Grecian literature took its rise in the AEolic and Ionic cities of Asia Minor.
		Halicarnassus was one of the most important of the Doric cities, of which Herodotus was a native, though he wrote in the Ionic dialect.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext00/asmhg10.txt (22314 words)

	Herodotus on Onesilus rebellion
		Suffer me then to hasten at my best speed to Ionia, that I may place matters there upon their former footing, and deliver up to thee the deputy of Miletus, who has caused all the troubles.
		[5.107.1] Histiaeus spoke thus, wishing to deceive the king; and Darius, persuaded by his words, let him go; only bidding him be sure to do as he had promised, and afterwards come back to Susa.
		Tidings came to Onesilus, the Salaminian, who was still besieging Amathus, that a certain Artybius, a Persian, was looked for to arrive in Cyprus with a great Persian armament.
	www.greece.org /projects/cyprus/Gorgus.htm (1415 words)

	King Darius of Persia
		And this Miltiades, the Athenian despot of the Chersonese, would have had them do, so that Darius might perish with all his army; but Histiaeus of Miletus dissuaded them, because the rule of the despots was upheld by Darius.
		But because those envoys insulted the ladies of the court, Alexander, the son of Amyntas, slew them all, and of them or all their train naught was heard more.
		Then Aristagoras, the brother of Histiaeus, having failed in an attempt to subdue Naxos, and fearing both Artaphernes, the satrap of Sardis, and the Persian general Megabazus, with whom he had quarrelled, sought to stir up a revolt of the Ionian cities; being incited thereto by secret messages from Histiaeus.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/kingdariu_d.html (1163 words)

	Miltiades
		The Greek captains were willing to go along with this plan until Histiaeus of Miletus pointed out that they owed their positions to Persia, and without the backing of the Persians they would most likely be sent into exile by their political opponents.
		The majority agreed with Histiaeus, which left Miltiades in an awkward position since his ploy would obviously be reported to Darius and he could not hold the Chersonese against the Persians.
		Miltiades was able to claim the Chersonese was now his home, and thus fill his end of his bargain by sailing to Lemnos from home with the north wind.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/18302/105706 (472 words)

	Summary of and commentary on Herodotus' Histories, book 5
		One of the newly conquered towns is Myrcinus, which the Persian king Darius presents to Histiaeus of Miletus as a reward for his role in the retreat of the Persian army from Scythia (above).
		Its significance is that Miletus obtained the means to build a large navy, comparable to that of Polycrates of Samos, who had ruled the waves before, and Athens, which was to do the same in the fifth century (see below).
		From now on, no one doubted that Miletus was the leading city among the Ionian Greeks.
	www.livius.org /he-hg/herodotus/logos5_13.html (380 words)

	The History of Herodotus Chapter VI
		Aristagoras, the author of the Ionian revolt, perished in the way which I have described.
		A certain Milesian came to Sparta and, having desired to speak with him, said- 'I am of Miletus, and I have come hither, Glaucus, in the hope of profiting by thy honesty.
		Here then is the silver- take it- and take likewise these tallies, and be careful of them; remember thou art to give back the money to the person who shall bring you their fellows.' Such were the words of the Milesian stranger; and Glaucus took the deposit on the terms expressed to him.
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