Histories

Now before this rumor came they had been faint-hearted, fearing less for themselves than for the Greeks with Pausanias, that Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas should stumble over Mardonius. But when the report sped among them, they grew stronger and swifter in their onset. So Greeks and barbarians alike were eager for battle, seeing that the islands and the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont were the prizes of victory.

As for the Athenians and those whose place was nearest them, that is, for about half of the line, their way lay over the beach and level ground; for the Lacedaemonians and those that were next to them, their way lay through a ravine and among hills. While the Lacedaemonians were making a circuit, those others on the other wing were already fighting.