un impostor, que aporta tan solo tres naves!; y él nos ha tomado en sus manos y nos maltrata con un trato inicuo del cual jamás podremos recuperarnos; y muchos de nosotros, de hecho, han caído en enfermedades, y cabe esperar que muchos otros sufran lo mismo en breve; y para nosotros es mejor soportar cualquier otra cosa en el mundo antes que estos males, y sufrir la esclavitud que nos sobrevendrá, sea la que fuere, antes que vernos oprimidos por lo que tenemos ahora. Vamos, no le obedezcamos más después de esto». Así hablaron, y acto seguido, después de esto, cada uno se negó a obedecerle, plantaron sus tiendas en la isla como un ejército, se quedaron a la sombra y no quisieron subir a sus naves ni practicar ejercicio
- 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 Darius, another would be upon them five times as large. Having found an occasion 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 Phoenicians 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