Histories

By this plea they saved their lives, and the Thessalians bore witness to their words. They were not, however, completely lucky. When the barbarians took hold of them as they approached, they killed some of them even as they drew near. Most of them were branded by Xerxes command with the kings marks, starting with the general Leontiades. His son Eurymachus long afterwards[*](In 431; cp. Thuc. 2.2 ff.) was murdered by the Plataeans when, as general of four hundred Thebans, he seized the town of Plataea [23.2667,38.2] (Perseus) Plataea.