Histories

Herodotus

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

The storm, then, ceased on the fourth day. Now the scouts stationed on the headlands of +Euboea [23.833,38.566] (island), Nomos Evvoias, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Euboea ran down and told the Hellenes all about the shipwreck on the second day after the storm began.

After hearing this they prayed to Poseidon as their savior and poured libations. Then they hurried to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium hoping to find few ships opposing them. So they came to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium a second time and made their station there. From that time on they call Poseidon their savior.