1He showed equal valour afterwards, when Autophradates, at the king's command, was making war on those who had revolted. 1For through his efforts the enemy, after they had already entered the camp and killed many thousands of the king's men, were routed, and the rest of the king's army was saved: in consequence of this he began to have charge of greater affairs. 2At that time Thuys was ruler of Paphlagonia, a man of ancient lineage, descended from that Pylaemenes whom Homer says was killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War. 3He would not obey the king's word. 3For this reason the king decided to make war on him and put in charge of the matter Datames, a kinsman of the Paphlagonian: for they were the children of a brother and a sister.
3For this reason Datames wished first to try whether he could bring his kinsman back to his duty without arms. 3When he had come to him without a guard, because he feared no treachery from a friend, he almost perished: for Thuys wanted to kill him secretly. 4Datames' mother was with him, the Paphlagonian's aunt. 5She found out what was afoot and warned her son. 5He escaped the danger by flight and declared war on Thuys. 5In this war, though he had been deserted by Ariobarzanes, governor of Lydia, Ionia and all Phrygia, he persevered no less vigorously and took Thuys alive with his wife and children.