The Twitter Herodotus

1.151 There are some Aeolian cities around Mt. Ida & on the islands, but it was these 11 Aeolian cities that agreed to act with the Ionians.

1.152 The Ionian/Aeolian req. for help was refused, but the Spartans sent a guy to tell Cyrus they wouldn't allow him to harm a Greek city.

1.153 Cyrus, unworried, threatened the Spartans in turn. Then he left Sardis in the hands of Tabalus & Pactyes & went w/Croesus to Ecbatana.

1.154 But Pactyes, the Lydian in charge of Cyrus' treasury, soon revolted. He assembled an army and besieged Tabalus (a Persian) in Sardis.

1.155 Cyrus wanted to enslave the Lydians as punishment, but Croesus suggested he instead issue edicts that would leave them effeminate.

1.156 Croesus hoped thereby to save the Lydians. Cyrus was persuaded & issued orders to that effect, and he bid that Pactyes be taken alive.

1.157 Pactyes fled to Cyme before the Persians arrived. Cyrus’ general gave orders to the Lydians re. new lifestyle & bid Cyme surrender P.

1.158 An oracle advised that Cyme comply & surrender Pactyes, but Aristodicus distrusted it. He & others went to ask the god's advice again.

1.159 The god again bid Cyme give up P. When pushed, he said he wanted the Cymaeans to be destroyed for impiety and to stop bugging him.

1.160 Faced w/bad options the Cymaeans neither kept nor surrendered Pactyes but sent him off to Chios. The Chians handed him over to Persia.