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I must, however, also take into account the force brought from Europe (continent)Europe, and I will rely on my best judgment in doing so. The Greeks of Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace and the islands off Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace furnished one hundred and twenty ships, and the companies of these ships must then have consisted of twenty-four thousand men.
I must, however, also take into account the force brought from Europe (continent)Europe, and I will rely on my best judgment in doing so. The Greeks of Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace and the islands off Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace furnished one hundred and twenty ships, and the companies of these ships must then have consisted of twenty-four thousand men.
[2] As regards the land army supplied by all the nations—
Thracians,
Paeonians,
Eordi,
Bottiaei,
Chalcidians,
Brygi,
Pierians,
Macedonians,
Perrhaebi,
Enienes,
Dolopes,
Magnesians,
Achaeans, dwellers on the coast of
Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace—of all these I suppose the number to have been three hundred thousand.
[3] When these numbers are added to the numbers from
Asia (continent)Asia, the sum total of fighting men is two million, six hundred and forty-one thousand, six hundred and ten.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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