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HISTORY OF CAKIA. 17
have been the best, was not adopted by the Carians,
who made their first stand against the Persians on
the river Marsyas. Here they fought bravely, resist-
ing for along time, but at length being overpowered
by numbers. Their loss in this battle is reckoned
by Herodotus at 10,000 men, that of the Persians
at 2,000. The Carians then retreated to the Temple
of Zeus Stratios at Labranda, situated on a moun-
tain near Mylasa.2 Here having been joined by the
Milesians and other allies, they fought a second
battle with the Persians, and were defeated with
great loss.3
After this, Haurises advancing into the interior
of the country to take their cities, one by one,
the Carians laid an ambuscade for him in the
mountainous region of Pedasus, near Mount Lide,
and cut off the whole Persian army at night. The
commander of this ambuscade was Herakleides, son
of Ibanolis of Mylasa, who, it is to be presumed, was
the brother of Oliatus, tyrant there at the time of
the Ionian revolt.
The capture of Miletus, B.C. 494, deprived the
Carians of their Greek allies, and their whole country
was conquered by the Persians, some of the cities
submitting voluntarily, others being reduced by
1 The site of this temple will be described in a subsequent
chapter.
a Herod, v. 118, 120. In joining the Milesians in the Ionian
revolt, the Carians are said to have acted contrary to the advice of
the oracle of Apollo—it is to be presumed the Delphic one, which,
on being consulted on this occasion by the Carians, gave the
celebrated answer: ira\ai iror i)oav oXki/iol MCktiawi.—Schol. in
Aristoph. Plut. 1. 1002, ed. Didot, p. 376.
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have been the best, was not adopted by the Carians,
who made their first stand against the Persians on
the river Marsyas. Here they fought bravely, resist-
ing for along time, but at length being overpowered
by numbers. Their loss in this battle is reckoned
by Herodotus at 10,000 men, that of the Persians
at 2,000. The Carians then retreated to the Temple
of Zeus Stratios at Labranda, situated on a moun-
tain near Mylasa.2 Here having been joined by the
Milesians and other allies, they fought a second
battle with the Persians, and were defeated with
great loss.3
After this, Haurises advancing into the interior
of the country to take their cities, one by one,
the Carians laid an ambuscade for him in the
mountainous region of Pedasus, near Mount Lide,
and cut off the whole Persian army at night. The
commander of this ambuscade was Herakleides, son
of Ibanolis of Mylasa, who, it is to be presumed, was
the brother of Oliatus, tyrant there at the time of
the Ionian revolt.
The capture of Miletus, B.C. 494, deprived the
Carians of their Greek allies, and their whole country
was conquered by the Persians, some of the cities
submitting voluntarily, others being reduced by
1 The site of this temple will be described in a subsequent
chapter.
a Herod, v. 118, 120. In joining the Milesians in the Ionian
revolt, the Carians are said to have acted contrary to the advice of
the oracle of Apollo—it is to be presumed the Delphic one, which,
on being consulted on this occasion by the Carians, gave the
celebrated answer: ira\ai iror i)oav oXki/iol MCktiawi.—Schol. in
Aristoph. Plut. 1. 1002, ed. Didot, p. 376.
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