The Twitter Herodotus

5.101 The Ionians started a fire that spread across the city. The defenders gathered near a river, and the rebels were forced to retreat.

5.102 So Sardis burned, and with it the temple of Cybebe. But the Persians followed the Ionians to Ephesus and defeated them in battle.

5.103 After Sardis, the Athenians went home and refused Aristagoras' entreaties, and the rebels went on to successes in the Hellespont.

5.104 Cyprus joined the Ionian rebellion too, except for the Amathusians.

5.105 When Darius heard about Sardis, he shot an arrow into the sky and prayed that Zeus grant him the chance of punishing the Athenians.

5.106 Darius questioned Histiaeus to see if he was behind Aristagoras' revolt. H. denied it and asked to be sent home to put things right.

5.107 Histiaeus was lying, of course, but Darius was fooled and sent him off, telling him to return to Susa when he was finished.

5.108 Meanwhile, a Persian army was en route to Cyprus. The rebel leader Onesilus called in the Ionians for help, and they came in force.

5.109 The rebels decided that the Ionians would confront the Phoenicians by sea, while the Cypriots fought the Persians on land.

5.110 The Persians came to the plain of Salamis, on Cyprus. Onesilus and his men were drawn up opposite the Persian general Artybius.