Miletus
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Milesian
in the texts
The Histories
Ionian Greek city that withstood eleven years of war with Lydia under Thrasybulus
The Milesians say it happened so.
This was how he attacked and besieged Miletus:
But after the army had returned to Sardis, Alyattes fell ill;
History of the Peloponnesian War
Major Ionian city serving as the principal Peloponnesian naval base, besieged by the Athenians at Samos.
Astyochus having come about the same time to the fleet at Miletus, the Peloponnesians were still abundantly supplied with every thing in their camp.
He, therefore, taking the five of the Corinthians, a sixth from Megara, one from Hermione, and those of the Lacedaemonians which he had come with, sailed for Miletus, to take the command as admiral, after many threats to the Chians that assuredly he would not come to their aid, should they be in any need of it.
For Strombichides, Onomacles, and Euctemon, having with them thirty ships, and taking in transports a part of the thousand heavy-armed that had come to Miletus, sailed, according to their lot, against Chios, while the rest, remaining at Samos with seventy-four ships, secured the command of the sea, and advanced upon Miletus.
Anabasis
Ionian city contested between Tissaphernes and Cyrus.
For, in fact, the Ionian cities had originally belonged to Tissaphernes, by gift of the King, but at that time all of them except Miletus had revolted and gone over to Cyrus.
The people of Miletus also were planning to do the very same thing, namely, to go over to Cyrus, but Tissaphernes, finding out about it in time, put some of them to death and banished others.
He also directed Sophaenetus the Stymphalian and Socrates the Achaean, who were likewise friends of his, to come with as many men as they could get, saying that he intended to make war upon Tissaphernes with the aid of the Milesian exiles;
Hellenica
A city from which a relief force marches to aid Pygela, later the destination for the new Syracusan commanders and for the fleet Callicratidas is told to bring.
Meanwhile the Syracusans who succeeded the banished generals arrived at Miletus and took over the ships and the troops.
A force from Miletus, however, came to the aid of the Pygelans, and finding the Athenian light troops scattered, pursued them.
Callicratidas, however, bade him coast along from Ephesus on the left of Samos, where the Athenian ships were, and deliver over the fleet at Miletus;
Protrepticus
Ionian city, site of the Didymaeum shrine, which is also a tomb.
And Leandrius says that Cleochus is buried in Miletus, in the Didymaeum.
Iliad
City held by the Carian contingent.
These held Miletus and the wooded mountain of Phthires, with the water of the river Maeander and the lofty crests of Mount Mycale.