Histories

The Athenians say that the fighting at sea began this way, but the Aeginetans say that the ship which had been sent to +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina after the sons of Aeacus was the one that started it. The story is also told that the phantom of a woman appeared to them, who cried commands loud enough for all the Hellenic fleet to hear, reproaching them first with, “Men possessed, how long will you still be backing water?”

The Phoenicians were marshalled against the Athenians, holding the western wing toward +Eleusis [23.5583,38.0417] (Perseus) Eleusis. Against the Lacedaemonians were the Ionians, on the eastern wing toward +Piraeus [23.6583,37.9583] (Perseus) Piraeus, and a few of them fought badly according to Themistocles' instructions, but the majority did not.

I can list the names of many captains who captured Hellenic ships, but I will mention none except Theomestor son of Androdamas and Phylacus son of Histiaeus, both Samians.

I mention only these because Theomestor was appointed tyrant of +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos by the Persians for this feat, and Phylacus was recorded as a benefactor of the king and granted much land. The king's benefactors are called “orosangae” in the Persian language.