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that-" (here he named the two men whom he knew to have the finest
farms in Apollonia), "and likewise the house of this other"- (and here
he mentioned the house which he knew to be the handsomest in the
town), "I would, when master of these, be quite content, and my
wrath would cease altogether." As soon as Evenius had thus spoken, the
men who sat by him rejoined- "Evenius, the Apolloniats give thee the
atonement which thou hast desired, according to the bidding of the
oracles." Then Evenius understood the whole matter, and was enraged
that they had deceived him so; but the Apolloniats bought the farms
from their owners, and gave Evenius what he had chosen. After this was
done, straightway Evenius had the gift of prophecy, insomuch that he
became a famous man in Greece.
Deiphonus, the son of this Evenius, had accompanied the
Corinthians, and was soothsayer, as I said before, to the Greek
armament. One account, however, which I have heard, declares that he
was not really the son of this man, but only took the name, and then
went about Greece and let out his services for hire.
The Greeks, as soon as the victims were favourable, put to sea,
and sailed across from Delos to Samos. Arriving off Calami, a place
upon the Samian coast, they brought the fleet to an anchor near the
temple of Juno which stands there, and prepared to engage the Persians
by sea. These latter, however, no sooner heard of the approach of
the Greeks, than, dismissing the Phoenician ships, they sailed away
with the remainder to the mainland. For it had been resolved in
council not to risk a battle, since the Persian fleet was thought to
be no match for that of the enemy. They fled, therefore, to the
main, to be under the protection of their land army, which now lay
at Mycale, and consisted of the troops left behind by Xerxes to keep
guard over Ionia. This was an army of sixty thousand men, under the
command of Tigranes, a Persian of more than common beauty and stature.
The captains resolved therefore to betake themselves to these troops
for defence, to drag their ships ashore, and to build a rampart around
them, which might at once protect the fleet, and serve likewise as a
place of refuge for themselves.
Having so resolved, the commanders put out to sea; and passing the
temple of the Eumenides, arrived at Gaeson and Scolopoeis, which are
in the territory of Mycale. Here is a temple of Eleusinian Ceres,
built by Philistus the son of Pasicles who came to Asia with Neileus
the son of Codrus, what time he founded Miletus. At this place they
drew the ships up on the beach, and surrounded them with a rampart
made of stones and trunks of trees, cutting down for this purpose
all the fruit-trees which grew near, and defending the barrier by
means of stakes firmly planted in the ground. Here they were
prepared either to win a battle, or undergo a siege- their thoughts
embracing both chances.
The Greeks, when they understood that the barbarians had fled to
the mainland, were sorely vexed at their escape: nor could they
determine at first what they should do, whether they should return
home, or proceed to the Hellespont. In the end, however, they resolved
to do neither, but to make sail for the continent. So they made
themselves ready for a sea-fight by the preparation of
boarding-bridges, and what else was necessary; provided with which
they sailed to Mycale. Now when they came to the place where the
camp was, they found no one venture out to meet them, but observed the
ships all dragged ashore within the barrier, and a strong land-force
drawn up in battle array upon the beach; Leotychides therefore
sailed along the shore in his ship, keeping as close hauled to the
land as possible, and by the voice of a herald thus addressed the
Ionians:-
"Men of Ionia- ye who can hear me speak- do ye take heed to what I
say; for the Persians will not understand a word that I utter. When we
join battle with them, before aught else, remember Freedom- and
next, recollect our watchword, which is Hebe. If there be any who hear
me not, let those who hear report my words to the others."