There is further proof of this, for it is known that when Xerxes came to +Abdera [24.9667,40.9833] (Perseus) Abdera in his return, he made a compact of friendship with its people and gave them a golden sword and a gilt tiara. As the people of +Abdera [24.9667,40.9833] (Perseus) Abdera say (but for my part I wholly disbelieve them), it was here that Xerxes in his flight back from Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens first loosed his girdle, as being here in safety. Now +Abdera [24.9667,40.9833] (Perseus) Abdera lies nearer to the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont than the Strymon and +Eion [23.8833,40.7333] (Perseus) Eion, where they say that he took ship.