His capture must be attributed to the spring of the year 493, inasmuch as his army was engaged in reaping the spring crops in the neighbourhood of Atarneus at the time at which it was attacked by Harpagos.

The rest of the tale of the revolt is soon told.

The Persian fleet, having wintered at Miletus, proceeded in the spring of 493 to reduce the island states. Chios, Lesbos, and Tenedos fell into their hands. Herodotus reports that they “netted” these islands, that is to say, swept them from end to end with a line of men with joined hands stretching from sea to sea. If the story be in any sense literally true, it probably means that the Persians were anxious to get hold of prominent refugees. Nothing is said as to what they did with those they captured.

H. vi. 32.

Presumably the reduction of the continental cities was proceeding at this same time. If the list of ships at Ladé be any criterion, it would seem as if but few of them remained to be reduced. Those that did remain were treated with severity. Children of both sexes were carried away up country, and the cities with their temples were burnt to the ground.

This was the end of the revolt in Asia.

The operations which followed in Europe, though aiming at the subjugation of revolted districts, have a more intimate historical connection with their sequel than with the tale of the revolt itself.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE REVOLT.

500–499
W. Aristagoras proposes the Naxos scheme to Artaphernes. Artaphernes communicates the proposal to Darius.
Sp. Gathering of Ionian fleet and of the expedition generally.
S. Siege of Naxos.
A. Failure of siege. Meeting of Greek conspirators. Deposition of tyrants.
499–498
W. Aristagoras at Sparta and Athens.
Sp. Athenian and Eretrian vessels arrive on Asian coast. Pæonians return to Europe. Artaphernes besieges Miletus. Phœnician fleet defeated by Ionians off Pamphylia. Expedition against Sardes.
S. Greeks at Sardes. Artaphernes besieged in citadel.
S. or A. Withdrawal of Greeks from Sardes, and battle of Ephesus.
A. Athenian fleet returns home. Onesilos plotting revolt of Cyprus. Darius hears of burning of Sardes.
498–497
W. Aristagoras appeals to Athens for continued assistance. Ionians engaged in energetic preparations. Deposition of Gorgos of Salamis.
Sp. Ionian fleet brings about revolt in Hellespontine district. Beginning of siege of Amathus.
Sp. or S. Revolt of Caria.
S. Ionian fleet called to Cyprus. Battle by land and sea in Cyprus.
A. Ionian fleet returns to Ægean.
497–496
W. Capture of Soli by Persians, and end of revolt in Cyprus. Persian troops employed in Cyprus forwarded to Sardes.
Sp. Hymeës operating in the Propontis region. Campaign of Daurises in the Hellespont region.
S. Campaign in Caria. Battles of Marsyas and Labraunda. Campaign of Hymeës in the region of the Troad. Aristagoras departs for Myrkinos.
S. or A. Continuation of campaign in Caria. Great Persian defeat at Pedasos.
A. Death of Aristagoras at Myrkinos.
496–495
W. Histiæus arrives at Sardes.[48]
Sp. Histiæus at Chios.
Sp. or S. Histiæus’ attempt on Miletus.
A. Histiæus goes to Byzantion. Persian reinforcements arriving in Asia Minor. Some Carian and Ionian cities begin to make terms with the Persian.
494
Sp. Miletus attacked.
Sp. or S. Battle of Ladé.
S. Capture of Miletus.
A. Reduction of Caria. Histiæus at Chios and Thasos.
494–493
W. Persian fleet at Miletus.
Sp. Histiæus’ death. Reduction of the islands and of the towns on the mainland.