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Since the crossing of the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont, where the barbarians began their journey, they had spent one month there crossing into Europe (continent) Europe and in three more months were in Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica, when Calliades was archon at Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus) Athens.
Since the crossing of the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont, where the barbarians began their journey, they had spent one month there crossing into Europe (continent) Europe and in three more months were in Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica, when Calliades was archon at Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus) Athens.
[2] When they took the town it was deserted, but in the sacred precinct they found a few
Athenians, stewards of the sacred precinct and poor people, who defended themselves against the assault by fencing the acropolis with doors and logs. They had not withdrawn to
Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Salamis not only because of poverty but also because they thought they had discovered the meaning of the oracle the
Pythia had given, namely that the wooden wall would be impregnable. They believed that according to the oracle this, not the ships, was the refuge.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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