The Athenians stood out to meet him, extending their left wing out to sea and arranged in the following order: Aristocrates, in command of the 1 left wing, led the way with fifteen ships, and next in order Diomedon with fifteen more; and Pericles was stationed behind Aristocrates and Erasinides behind Diomedon; and beside Diomedon were the Samians with ten ships, drawn up in single line; and their commander was a Samian named Hippeus; and next to them were the ten ships of the taxiarchs, 2 also in single line; and behind these the three ships of the nauarchs 3 and also some ships from the allies;
Hellenica. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1921.
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