A Smaller History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest

Smith, William, 1813-1893

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Persians. The accession of Cyrus to the empire is placed in B.C.
659. A few years afterwards Cyrus turned his arms against the Lydians, took Sardis, and deprived Croesus of his throne (b.c. 646).
The fall of Croesus was followed by the subjection of the Greek cities in Asia to the Persian yoke. They oflered a brave but inef- ^ectual resistance, and were taken one after the other by Harpagns, the Persian general. Even the islands of Lesbos and Chios sent in their submission to Harpagus, although... the Persians then, pes* sessed no fleet to force them to obedience. Samos, on the other hand, maintained its independence, and appears soon afterwards one of the most powerful of the Grecian states.
''V During the reign of Cambyses (b.c. 629-621), the son and suc- ce^r of Cyrus, the Greek cities of Asia remained obedient to their Persian governors. It was during this reign that Polycrates, ty- rant of Samos, became the master of the Grecian seas. The am- bition and good fortune of this enterprising tyrant were alike re- markable.

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