Journeying from the Strymon, the army passed by Argilus, a
Greek town standing on a stretch of coast
further westwards; the territory of this town and that which lies inland of
it are called Bisaltia.
From there, keeping on his left hand the gulf off Poseideion, Xerxes traversed the plain
of Syleus (as they call it), passing by the Greek town of Stagirus,
and came to Acanthus. He took along with him all
these tribes and those that dwelt about the Pangaean
range, just as he did those previously mentioned, the men of the
coast serving in his fleet and the inland men in his land army.