Upon his coming to anchor at Ephesus, envoys came to him from the Samians at Anaia, and told him that he was not going the right way to free Hellas in massacring men who had never raised a hand against him, and who were not enemies of his, but allies of Athens against their will, and that if he did not stop he would turn many more friends into enemies than enemies into friends.
Bere troparik gehienak ere bidali zituen, eta, gainerakoekin geldituta, Mitilenen eta Lesbo osoan ere egoera egoki iritzi zion moduan antolatu zuen.