These are the forces which came to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium for battle, and I have now shown how they individually furnished the whole sum. The number of ships mustered at +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium was two hundred and seventy-one, besides the fifty-oared barks.

The Spartans, however, provided the admiral who had the chief command, Eurybiades, son of Euryclides, for the allies said that if the Laconian were not their leader, they would rather make an end of the fleet that was assembling than be led by the Athenians.