Histories

When the generals from the aforementioned cities, met at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis, they held a council and Eurybiades proposed that whoever wanted to should give his opinion on what place under their control was most suitable for a sea battle. Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica was already lost, and he proposed that they consider the places which were left.

The consensus of most of the speakers was to sail to the Isthmus and fight at sea for the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, giving this reason: if they were defeated in the fight at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis they would be besieged on an island, where no help could come to them, but if they were at the Isthmus they could go ashore to their own lands.