. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . THE SITE OF PEESk^. before long several fresh marts were opened in ^ and Ephesus put the region of the Messogis andthe Tmolus into communication with the sea, but thelower valleys of the Hermos and the Mseander wereclosed by the existence of Greek colonies at Smyrna,Clazomenae, Colophon, Pri6ne, and Miletus—all hostile tothe Mermnadae—which it would be necessary to overcomeif these countries were to enjoy the prosperity shared 1 Drawn by Boudier, from the heliogravure of Rayet and Thomas. 392 THE MEDES AND THE SECOND CHALDEAN
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . THE SITE OF PEESk^. before long several fresh marts were opened in ^ and Ephesus put the region of the Messogis andthe Tmolus into communication with the sea, but thelower valleys of the Hermos and the Mseander wereclosed by the existence of Greek colonies at Smyrna,Clazomenae, Colophon, Pri6ne, and Miletus—all hostile tothe Mermnadae—which it would be necessary to overcomeif these countries were to enjoy the prosperity shared 1 Drawn by Boudier, from the heliogravure of Rayet and Thomas. 392 THE MEDES AND THE SECOND CHALDEAN EMPIRE by other parts of the kingdom; hence the principal effortmade by the Lydians was either directly to annex thesetowns, or to impose such treaties on them as wouldmake them their dependencies. Ardys seized Prienetowards 620, and after having thus established himselfon the northern shore of the Latmic GuH,^ he proceededto besiege Miletus in 616, at the very close of hiscareer. Hostilities were wearily prolonged all throughthe reign of Sadyattes (
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