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τῶν δὲ Σαμίων ἦσαν γάρ τινες οἳ οὐχ ὑπέμειναν ἀλλ᾽ ἔφυγον ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον ξυνθέμενοι τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει τοῖς δυνατωτάτοις καὶ Πισσούθνῃ τῷ Ὑστάσπου ξυμμαχίαν ὃς εἶχε Σάρδεις τότε ἐπικούρους τε ξυλλέξαντες ἐς ἑπτακοσίους διέβησαν ὑπὸ νύκτα ἐς τὴν Σάμον καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τῷ δήμῳ ἐπανέστησαν καὶ ἐκράτησαν τῶν πλείστων ἔπειτα τοὺς ὁμήρους ἐκκλέψαντες ἐκ Λήμνου τοὺς αὑτῶν ἀπέστησαν καὶ τοὺς φρουροὺς τοὺς Ἀθηναίων καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας οἳ ἦσαν παρὰ σφίσιν ἐξέδοσαν Πισσούθνῃ ἐπί τε Μίλητον εὐθὺς παρεσκευάζοντο στρατεύειν .
But
some
of
the
Samians
had
not
remained
in
the
island
but
had
fled
to
the
continent
.
Making
an
agreement
with
the
most
powerful
of
those
in
the
city
and
an
alliance
with
Pissuthnes
son
of
Hystaspes
the
then
satrap
of
Sardis
they
got
together
a
force
of
seven
hundred
mercenaries
and
under
cover
of
night
crossed
over
to
Samos
.
Their
first
step
was
to
rise
on
the
commons
most
of
whom
they
secured
their
next
to
steal
their
hostages
from
Lemnos
;
after
which
they
revolted
gave
up
the
Athenian
garrison
left
with
them
and
its
commanders
to
Pissuthnes
and
instantly
prepared
for
an
expedition
against
Miletus
.