Are not Egypt See
 Isoc. 5.101 ; Isoc.
 4.140 . and Cyprus See Isoc. 4.141 and note. 
 in revolt against him? Have not Phoenicia and
 Syria Evagoras
 had ravaged Phoenicia and Syria , stormed Tyre , and made Cilicia revolt
 from Persia . See Isoc.
 9.62 . been devastated because of the war? Has not Tyre , on which he set great store, been seized by his
 foes? Of the cities in Cilicia , the greater
 number are held by those who side with us and the rest are not difficult to acquire.
 Lycia Lycia was subjected to Persia by Harpagus ( Hdt. 1.176 ), but never
 tamed. no Persian has ever subdued. Hecatomnus, the viceroy of Caria , has in reality
 been disaffected for a long time now, See Dio. Sic. 15.2 . and will openly declare himself whenever
 we wish. From Cnidus to Sinope From Cnidus in S.W.
 Asia Minor to Sinope on the Black Sea ; a line
 drawn from Cnidus to Sinope cuts off Asia Minor from Asia. The expression “from Cnidus to Sinope” was a catch phrase. the coast
 of Asia is settled by Hellenes, and these we need not to persuade to go to war—all we have
 to do is not to restrain them. With such bases at our command for the operation of our
 forces, and with so widespread a war threatening Asia on every side, why, then, need we
 examine too closely what the outcome will be? For since the barbarians are unequal to
 small divisions of the Hellenes, it is not hard to foresee what would be their plight if
 they should be forced into a war against our united forces. But this is how the matter stands: If the barbarian strengthens his hold on the cities
 of the coast by stationing in them larger garrisons than he has there now, perhaps those
 of the islands which lie near the mainland, as, for example, Rhodes and Samos and Chios , might incline to his side; but if we get possession
 of them first, we may expect that the populations of Lydia and Phrygia and of the rest
 of the up-country will be in the power of our forces operating from those positions. Therefore we must be quick and not waste time, in order that we may not repeat the
 experience of our fathers. In the Persian Wars. For
 they, because they took the field later than the barbarians and had to abandon some of
 their allies, The Ionians in Asia Minor . See Hdt. 5.103 . were
 compelled to encounter great numbers with a small force; whereas, if they had crossed over
 to the continent in time to be first on the ground, having with them the whole strength of
 Hellas , they could have subdued each of the
 nations there in turn. For experience has shown that when you go to war with people who are gathered together
 from many places, you must not wait until they are upon you, but must strike while they
 are still scattered. Now our fathers, having made this mistake at the outset, entirely
 retrieved it only after engaging in the most perilous of struggles; but we, if we are
 wise, shall guard against it from the beginning, and endeavor to be the first to quarter
 an army in the region of Lydia and Ionia ,