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Now when the Persians that Aryandes sent from Egypt to avenge Pheretime came to Barce,1 they laid siege to the city, demanding the surrender of those who were guilty of the murder of Arcesilaus: but the Barcaeans, whose whole people were accessory to the deed, would not yield.

1 The story broken off in Hdt. 4.167 is resumed.

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