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  • At first he had divided the State into three parts and had given a share to his brothers Pantagnotos and Syloson; but afterwards he put to death one of these, and the younger, namely Syloson, he drove out, and so obtained possession of the whole of Samos.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • a share to his brothers Pantagnotos and Syloson; but afterwards he put to death one of these, and the younger, namely Syloson, he drove out, and so obtained possession of the whole of Samos.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • Then, around 517, Persia conquered Samos, evicted Polycrates, and replaced him with his brother Syloson, a loyal Persian client.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Then, around 517, Persia conquered Samos, evicted Polycrates, and replaced him with his brother Syloson, a loyal Persian client.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Phenicians by the command of the Persians restored to Samos Aiakes the son of Syloson, since he had been to them of much service and had done for them great things; and the Samians alone of all who revolted from Dareios, because of the desertion of their ships which were in the sea-fight,870 had neither their city nor their temples burnt.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Syloson that he should receive from him the State without trouble, and with no injury inflicted upon it.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • To this Syloson a fortunate chance occurred, which was this: — he had taken and put upon him a flame - coloured mantle, and was about the market-place in

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Aiakes, from whom the Samians accepted the proposals, was the son of Syloson, the son of Aiakes, and being despot of Samos he had been deprived of his rule by Aristagoras the Milesian, like the other despots of Ionia.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Samos, the Persians, after sweeping the population off it,544 delivered it to Syloson stripped of men.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Then the keeper of the door brought Syloson before him, and when he had been set in the midst, the interpreters asked him who he was and what he had done, that he called himself the benefactor of the king.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

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