§5.124.1ἁλισκομενέων δὲ τῶν πολίων, ἦν γὰρ ὡς διέδεξε Ἀρισταγόρης ὁ Μιλήσιος ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄκρος, ὃς ταράξας τὴν Ἰωνίην καὶ ἐγκερασάμενος πρήγματα μεγάλα δρησμὸν ἐβούλευε ὁρέων ταῦτα·
As the cities were being captured, for Aristagoras of Miletus, as the event showed, was not a man of great courage—he, who had thrown Ionia into confusion and stirred up great trouble, was planning flight when he saw these things.
πρὸς δέ οἱ καὶ ἀδύνατα ἐφάνη βασιλέα Δαρεῖον ὑπερβαλέσθαι·
Moreover, it seemed to him impossible to overcome King Darius.
§5.124.2πρὸς ταῦτα δὴ ὦν συγκαλέσας τοὺς συστασιώτας ἐβουλεύετο, λέγων ὡς ἄμεινον σφίσι εἴη κρησφύγετόν τι ὑπάρχον εἶναι, ἢν ἄρα ἐξωθέωνται ἐκ τῆς Μιλήτου, εἴτε δὴ ὦν ἐς Σαρδὼ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου ἄγοι ἐς ἀποικίην, εἴτε ἐς Μύρκινον τὴν Ἠδωνῶν, τὴν Ἱστιαῖος ἐτείχεε παρὰ Δαρείου δωρεὴν λαβών.
Therefore, having called together his fellow-conspirators, he took counsel, saying that it would be better for them to have some place of refuge ready, in case they should be expelled from Miletus: whether he should lead them from this place to a colony in Sardinia, or to Myrcinus of the Edonians, which Histiaeus had been walling after receiving it as a gift from Darius.
ταῦτα ἐπειρώτα ὁ Ἀρισταγόρης.
This is what Aristagoras proposed to consult them about.