After this king Darius took Samos before all other cities, whether of Hellenes or Barbarians, and for a cause which was as follows . . .
Expedition to Scout out the Greeks Begins
Darius made answer: "Woman, since it seems good to thee that we should first make trial of Hellas, I think it better to send first to them men of the
Samos and the Samians
. . . about the Samians I have spoken at greater length, because they have three works which are greater than any others that have been made by
Siege of Samos
Then Periander, clinging still in affection to the youth, sent to him next his own daughter, the sister of Lycophron, supposing that he would yield to
Sparta and Allies Attack Samos
The Corinthians also took part with zeal in this expedition against Samos . . . .Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project
Polycrates to Sparta
Then Amasis, when he had read the paper which had come from Polycrates, perceived that it was impossible for man to rescue man from the event which
Dispersion of Heroes and Vanquished
Today's installment concludes Fall of Troy,our selection from History of Greece by George Grote published in 1846. For works benefiting from the
Stories of the Returning Heroes
Through these stories every town and village throughout Greek lands could attach directly to the epic and to the common identity.Continuing Fall of
Greeks Develop the Trojan War Story
Other versions were afterward started, forming a sort of compromise between Homer and Stesichorus, admitting that Helen had never really been at Troy,