Histories

Herodotus

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

They expected to find the entire population of the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia awaiting the barbarian, but they found no such thing. They learned that they were fortifying the Isthmus instead and considered the defense of the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese the most important thing, disregarding all the rest. When the Athenians learned this, they asked the fleet to put in at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis.

While the others put in at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis, the Athenians landed in their own country. When they arrived, they made a proclamation that every Athenian should save his children and servants as he best could. Thereupon most of them sent the members of their households to Troizen [23.375,37.5] (Perseus)Troezen, and some to +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina and Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis.