There is another river south of the Asopus, the Phoenix, a little stream which flows from those mountains into the Asopus. Near this stream is the narrowest place; there is only space for a single cart-way. +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae is fifteen furlongs away from the river Phoenix.

Between the river and +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae there is a village named Anthele, past which the Asopus flows out into the sea, and there is a wide space around it in which stand a temple of Amphictyonid Demeter, seats for the Amphictyons,Lit. dwellers around: neighboring tribes forming a league, and sending representatives (Pylagori) to a conference held twice a year. and a temple of Amphictyon himself

King Xerxes lay encamped in +Trachis [22.55,38.8] (Perseus) Trachis in Malis and the Hellenes in the pass.In the space between the eastern and western narrow e)/sodoi. This place is called +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae by most of the Hellenes, but by the natives and their neighbors Pylae.“the Gates”, since it served as the entrance into Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeGreece from the north. +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae means “the Hot Gates”, from the warm springs there. Each lay encamped in these places. Xerxes was master of everything to the northWest, properly speaking; “southward” below should be “eastward.” from +Trachis [22.55,38.8] (Perseus) Trachis, and the Hellenes of all that lay toward the south on the mainland.That is, Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeGreece.