id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-206 Histiaeus - Wikipedia .html text/html 1554 242 70 Histiaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἱστιαῖος, died 493 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was a Greek ruler of Miletus in the late 6th century BC. Histiaeus was a Tyrant under Darius I, king of Persia, who had subjugated Miletus and the other Ionian states in Asia Minor, and was in the habit of appointing Greek tyrants to rule the Greek cities of Ionia in his territory.[1] According to Herodotus,[2] Histiaeus, along with the other Chiefs/Tyrants under Darius' rule, took part in the Persian expedition against the Scythians, and was put in charge of defending the bridge that Darius' troops had placed across the Danube River. Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE. Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-206.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-206.txt