Number one city of Ionia which didn't have the same tax burden as others in Ionia during Cyrus's time. Later the last tyrant of Miletus: Aristagoras instigated the Ionian revolt

According to some accounts, Miletus was a boy loved by all three sons of Europa—Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. The brothers fought over him and Minos won the battle. However, the boy loved Sarpedon the best.