Histories

He now came to +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae with the appointed three hundred he had selected,[*](The regular number of the royal body-guard, the so-called i(ppei=s. No other translation of this sentence than what I have given is possible; but if “all of whom had sons” are added to the 300, this is inconsistent with the received tradition that there were only 300 Spartans at +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae. There seems to be no explanation of the matter except Dr. Macan's theory that Herodotus made a mistake. Of course if e)pileca/menos could mean “selecting from,” the difficulty might be removed; but I do not think it can.) all of whom had sons. He also brought those Thebans whom I counted among the number and whose general was Leontiades son of Eurymachus.