Passing Parapotamii, the foreigners came to Panopea. There their army parted into two companies. The greater and stronger part of the host marched with Xerxes himself towards Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens and broke into the territory of Orkhomenos (deserted settlement), Boeotia, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeOrchomenus in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia. Now the whole population of Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia took the Persian side, and men of Macedonia (region (general)), EuropeMacedonia sent by Alexander safeguarded their towns, each in his appointed place; the reason of the safeguarding was that Xerxes should see that the Boeotians were on the Persian side.