Some sources indicate that the Persians were betrayed by a captured tribal chief who showed the Macedonians an alternate path that allowed them to outflank Ariobarzanes in a reversal of Thermopylae.
Algunhas fontes indican que os persas foron traizoados por un xefe tribal capturado que mostrou aos macedonios un camiño alternativo que lles permitiu rodear a Ariobarzanes nunha reversión das Termópilas.