Kitap 3
44.1
It was against this ever-victorious Polycrates that the Lacedaemonians now made war, invited by the Samians who afterwards founded +Khania [24.33,35.516] (inhabited place), Canea, Crete, Greece, Europe Cydonia in +Crete [25,35.166] (region), Greece, Europe Crete . Polycrates had without the knowledge of his subjects sent a herald to Cambyses, son of Cyrus, then raising an army against Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , inviting Cambyses to send to +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos too and request men from him.
44.2
At this message Cambyses very readily sent to +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos , asking Polycrates to send a fleet to aid him against Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt . Polycrates chose those men whom he most suspected of planning a rebellion against him, and sent them in forty triremes, directing Cambyses not to send the men back.
45.1
Some say that these Samians who were sent never came to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , but that when they had sailed as far as +Carpathos [27.166,35.666] (island), Sporades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Carpathus discussed the matter among themselves and decided to sail no further; others say that they did come to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt and there escaped from the guard that was set over them.
45.2
But as they sailed back to +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos , Polycrates' ships met and engaged them; and the returning Samians were victorious and landed on the island, but were there beaten in a land battle, and so sailed to Sparta [22.416,37.83] (inhabited place), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Lacedaemon .
