[276] Pherecyd. fragm. 113, ed. Müller.
[277] Hic quum crebri afferrent nuntii male rem gerere Darium premique ab Scythis, Miltiades hortatus est, etc. Nepos, "Miltiades," 4, in any case following Ephorus.
[278] Herod. 5, 27. It is clear that the Antandrians and Lamponians were accused only of abandoning the campaign, not of imperilling the retreat.
[279] Strabo, p. 591.
[280] Herod. 5, 11.
[281] Herod. 4, 143, 144.
[282] Herod. 5, 12.
[283] Herod. 5, 26, 27.
[284] Herod. 5, 12, 23, 25. The chronology which Herodotus thus gives to the campaign of Otanes, representing it as subsequent to that of Megabyzus, is impossible. He himself represents Otanes as nominated general of the forces on sea, and only subsequently as a successor of Megabyzus. The subjugation of the cities belongs to his first command.
[285] Herod. 6, 40, 84.