While the generals from the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese considered this argument, an Athenian came with the message that the barbarians had reached Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica and were destroying all of it by fire.

The army with Xerxes had made its way through Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia and burnt the city of the Thespians, who had abandoned it and gone to the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, and Plataea [23.2667,38.2] (Perseus) Plataea likewise. Now the army had come to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens and was devastating everything there. The army burnt Thespia and Plataea [23.2667,38.2] (Perseus) Plataea upon learning from the Thebans that they had not medized.