Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Thus Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens and +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina grappled together in war. The Persian was going about his own business, for his servant was constantly reminding him to remember the Athenians,[*](Cp. Hdt. 5.105.) and the Pisistratidae were at his elbow maligning the Athenians; moreover, Darius desired to take this pretext for subduing all the men of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas who had not given him earth and water.