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and he ended up going back to Athens
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where we will run into him again.
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So that is the situation
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when we get to the turn of the fifth century.
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The Persians are in control,
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they have gained mastery of all the Greek states of Asia Minor.
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The typical relationship between those cities
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and the King of Persia was the same as all of his subjects.
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He insisted,in every case,
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that the defeated states
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who came under his power should give earth and water
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to him as a symbol of their complete subjection to him.