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ἐς νεῖκος φέρον: hostile, opposed to εἰρηναῖα (ch. 43); cf. ἐς αἰσχύνην φέροντα (iii. 133; i. 10), ἐς ἄκεσιν (iv. 90).

δωσίδικοι. The meaning is clearly that all warfare between cities, as well as piracy and brigandage, was abolished, and δίκαι ἀπὸ συμβολῶν established throughout Ionia. We cannot say how far such treaties already existed, but the position of Histiaeus shows that hitherto the local authorities in Ionia had been allowed much independence. The organizing genius of Darius took advantage of the revolt and its suppression to put an end to this. Thus the Ionians were compelled by their Persian masters to accept a unity which they had refused to impose on themselves at the suggestion of Thales (i. 170). In the same way private wars were checked by the Athenian ἀρχή (Thuc. i. 115). Evidence of long-continued enmity may be found in the dispute between Samos and Priene recorded in an Inscription in the Ashmolean Museum (Hicks1, 152).

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