BATTLE OF THE CIMMERIANS AGAINST THE GREEKS ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR DOGS.^ from more than one engagement, and their dogs, trainedto harry fearlessly the horses of the enemy, often tookan active part in the battle. City after city was attackedby the barbarians, and the suburbs plundered. Ephesus,on account of the wealth it contained, formed theirchief attraction, but their forces dashed themselves fruit-lessly against its walls; they avenged themselves for theirfailure by setting on fire the temple of Artemis which stood 1 Strabo states definitely that it was Lygdamis -who took the city. Theaccount given by the same author of a double destruction of Sardes in 652and 682 B.C. is due to an unfortunate borrowing from the work of Callis-thenes. ^ Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the sarcophagus of Clazomente. ABANDONMENT OP THE SIEGE 211 in the outskirts. This act of sacrilege profoundly stirredthe whole Hellenic world, and when the first fury of pillagewas exhausted, the barbarians themselves se