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English
τῶν δʼ ἐναντιουμένων τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ διαβάντων εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ πορευθέντων εἰς Σάρδεις πρὸς Πισσούθνην τὸν τῶν Περσῶν σατράπην περὶ βοηθείας ὁ μὲν Πισσούθνης ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς στρατιώτας ἑπτακοσίους ἐλπίζων τῆς Σάμου διὰ τούτου κυριεύσειν οἱ δὲ Σάμιοι μετὰ τῶν δοθέντων αὐτοῖς στρατιωτῶν νυκτὸς πλεύσαντες εἰς τὴν Σάμον ἔλαθόν τε τὴν πόλιν παρεισελθόντες τῶν πολιτῶν συνεργούντων ῥᾳδίως τʼ ἐκράτησαν τῆς Σάμου καὶ τοὺς ἀντιπράττοντας αὐτοῖς ἐξέβαλον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ·
The
opponents
of
the
democracy
crossed
over
to
Asia
and
went
on
to
Sardis
to
get
aid
from
Pissuthnes
the
Persian
satrap
Pissuthnes
gave
them
seven
hundred
soldiers
hoping
that
in
this
way
he
would
get
the
mastery
of
the
island
and
the
Samians
sailing
to
Samos
by
night
with
the
soldiers
which
had
been
given
them
slipped
unnoticed
into
the
city
with
the
aid
of
the
citizens
seized
the
island
without
difficulty
and
expelled
from
the
city
those
who
opposed
them
.