Histories

When this answer was returned to them, the Thessalians in their wrath against the Phocians began to guide the barbarian on his march. From the lands of +Trachis [22.55,38.8] (Perseus) Trachis they broke into Doris; there is a narrow tongue of Dorian land stretching that way, about thirty furlongs wide, between the Malian territory and the Phocian, which in old time was Dryopian. This region is the motherland of the Dorians of the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese. To this Dorian territory the barbarians did no harm at their invasion, for the people took the Persian side, and the Thessalians would not have them harmed.

When they entered +Phocis (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Phocis from Doris, they could not take the Phocians themselves, for some of the Phocians ascended to the heights of +Parnassus (mountain), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Parnassus. The peak of +Parnassus (mountain), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Parnassus called +Tithorea [22.6833,38.5833] (Perseus) Tithorea, which rises by itself near the town Neon, has room enough for a multitude of people. It was there that they carried their goods and themselves ascended to it,

but most of them made their way out of the country to the Ozolian Locrians, where the town of +Amphissa [22.3833,38.525] (Perseus) Amphissa lies above the Crisaean plain. The barbarians, while the Thessalians so guided their army, overran the whole of +Phocis (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Phocis. All that came within their power they laid waste to and burnt, setting fire to towns and temples.

Marching this way down the river Cephisus, they ravaged everything that lay in their way, burning the towns of Drymus, +Charadra [20.9917,39.1667] (Perseus) Charadra, Erochus, Tethronium, Amphicaea, Neon, Pediea, Tritea, Elatea, +Hyampolis [22.9,38.6] (Perseus) Hyampolis, Parapotamii, and Abai [22.9583,38.5917] (Perseus)Abae, where there was a richly endowed temple of Apollo, provided with wealth of treasure and offerings. There was also then as now a place of divination at this place. This temple, too, they plundered and burnt, and they pursued and caught some of the Phocians near the mountains. Certain women too perished because of the multitude of their violators.

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.