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Of the islanders, the Aeginetans provided thirty ships. They had other manned ships, but they guarded their own land with these and fought at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Salamis with the thirty most seaworthy. The Aeginetans are Dorians from Epidauros [23.0917,37.6] (Perseus) Epidaurus, and their island was formerly called Oenone.
Of the islanders, the Aeginetans provided thirty ships. They had other manned ships, but they guarded their own land with these and fought at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Salamis with the thirty most seaworthy. The Aeginetans are Dorians from Epidauros [23.0917,37.6] (Perseus) Epidaurus, and their island was formerly called Oenone.
[2] After the
Aeginetans came the
Chalcidians with their twenty ships from
+Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium, and the
Eretrians with the same seven; these are
Ionians. Next were the
Ceans,
Ionians from
Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus) Athens, with the same ships as before.
[3] The
Naxians provided four ships. They had been sent by their fellow citizens to the
Persians, like the rest of the islanders, but they disregarded their orders and came to the
Hellenes at the urging of
Democritus, an esteemed man among the townsmen and at that time captain of a trireme. The
Naxians are
Ionians descended from
Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus) Athens.
[4] The
Styrians provided the same number of ships as at
+Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium, and the
Cythnians one trireme and a fifty-oared boat; these are both
Dryopians. The
Seriphians,
Siphnians, and
Melians also took part, since they were the only islanders who had not given earth and water to the barbarian.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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