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So when Xerxes' men ordered their battle and advanced, the Greeks remained in their station off +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium, and the barbarians made a half circle of their ships striving to encircle and enclose them. At that the Greeks charged and joined battle. In that sea-fight both had equal success.
So when Xerxes' men ordered their battle and advanced, the Greeks remained in their station off +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium, and the barbarians made a half circle of their ships striving to encircle and enclose them. At that the Greeks charged and joined battle. In that sea-fight both had equal success.
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Xerxes' fleet did itself harm by its numbers and size. The ships were thrown into confusion and ran foul of each other; nevertheless they held fast and did not yield, for they could not bear to be put to flight by a few ships.
[3] Many were the
Greek ships and men that perished there, and far more yet of the foreigners' ships and men; this is how they fought until they drew off and parted from each other.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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