Histories

Herodotus

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

  1. Bronze will come together with bronze, and Ares
  2. Will redden the sea with blood. To Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas the day of freedom
  3. Far-seeing Zeus and august Victory will bring.
Considering this, I dare to say nothing against Bacis concerning oracles when he speaks so plainly, nor will I consent to it by others.

Among the generals at Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis there was fierce argument. They did not yet know that the barbarians had encircled them with their ships, supposing them still marshalled in the place where they had seen them by day.