So the foreign fleet, of which, with the exception of fifteen ships Sandoces was captain, came to +Aphetae [23.1167,39.1167] (Perseus) Aphetae. Xerxes and his land army marched through +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly and +Achaea [21.75,38.25] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Achaea, and it was three days since he had entered Malis. In +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly he held a race for his own cavalry; this was also a test of the Thessalian horsemen, whom he had heard were the best in Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. The Greek horses were far outpaced in this contest. Of the Thessalian rivers, the Onochonus was the only one which could not provide enough water for his army to drink. In +Achaea [21.75,38.25] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Achaea, however, even the greatest river there, the Apidanus,The Apidanus and Enipeus unite; the whole stream, a tributary of the Peneus, is sometimes called Apidanus and sometimes Enipeus. gave out, remaining but a sorry trickle.