When the command to put out to sea was given, they set sail for Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis and were calmly marshalled in line. There was not enough daylight left for them to fight, since night came on, so they made preparations for the next day.

Fear and dread possessed the Hellenes, especially those from the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese. They were afraid because they were stationed in Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis and were about to fight at sea on behalf of the land of the Athenians, and if they were defeated they would be trapped on an island and besieged, leaving their own land unguarded.