035 The Ionian Revolt
The History of Ancient Greece
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The Battle of Meledus
The Ionian's, as Herodotus puts it, were unaccustomed to hard labor and so after seven days, they began to complain until they refused to obey him any further. Realizing the hot mess that was the Greek fleet at that point, these divisions led to the Samian secretly sending their former tyrant, Iakees, to agree to the terms offered by the Persians. Soon after, the Persian fleet moved to attack the non-unified Greek fleet, who sailed out to meet them. However, as the two sides neared each other, the Samian sailed away back to Samos. The lesbians, seeing their neighbors in the battle line sail away, promptly
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