Histories

They say that at the very least no fewer than 400 ships were destroyed in this labor, along with innumerable men and abundant wealth. This shipwreck proved useful to Ameinocles son of Cretines, a man of Nomos Magnisias [22.75,39.25] (department), Thessaly, Greece, EuropeMagnesia who owned land around Sepia, for he later picked up many gold and silver cups cast up on shore, found the Persian treasures, and acquired other untold riches. Although he became very rich from his findings, he did not enjoy luck in everything, for he suffered greatly when his son was murdered.

There was no counting how many grain-ships and other vessels were destroyed. The generals of the fleet were afraid that the Thessalians might attack them now that they had been defeated, so they built a high palisade out of the wreckage.

The storm lasted three days. Finally the Magi made offerings and cast spells upon the wind, sacrificing also to Thetis and the Nereids. In this way they made the wind stop on the fourth day—or perhaps it died down on its own. They sacrificed to Thetis after hearing from the Ionians the story that it was from this place that Peleus had carried her off and that all the headland of Sepia belonged to her and to the other Nereids.

The storm, then, ceased on the fourth day. Now the scouts stationed on the headlands of +Euboea [23.833,38.566] (island), Nomos Evvoias, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Euboea ran down and told the Hellenes all about the shipwreck on the second day after the storm began.

After hearing this they prayed to Poseidon as their savior and poured libations. Then they hurried to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium hoping to find few ships opposing them. So they came to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium a second time and made their station there. From that time on they call Poseidon their savior.