but of the Samians they who had substance were by no means satisfied with that which had been concerted by the commanders of their fleet with the Medes; and taking counsel forthwith after the sea-fight it seemed good to them, before their despot Aiakes arrived in the country, to sail away and make a colony, and not to stay behind and be slaves of the Medes and of Aiakes: for just at this time the people of Zancle in Sicily were sending messengers to Ionia and inviting the Ionians to come to the "Fair Strand," desiring there to found a city of Ionians.
Artean, samoar aberatsei ez zitzaien batere gustatu beren jeneralek mediarrekin egindako tratua; beraz, itsas borrokaldia amaitu bezain laster, egoera aztertu zuten eta, Eazes tiranoa uhartera iritsi baino lehen, itsasoratu eta kolonia bat eraikitzera joatea erabaki zuten, nahiago baitzuten hori, bertan geratu eta mediarren eta Eazesen uztarpean bizitzea baino. Zeren egun haietan, hain zuzen, Siziliako Zankle hirian bizi ziren bizilagunak Joniara mezulariak bidaltzen ari baitziren, joniarrei Kaleaktera etortzeko gonbidatuz, bertan hiri joniar bat eraiki nahi zutelako (Kaleakte deritzon leku hau sikulotarren lurraldean aurkitzen da, Tyrrenia aldera dagoen Siziliako kostan).