Histories

Whenever Xerxes, as he sat beneath the mountain opposite Salamis (island), Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, EuropeSalamis which is called Aegaleos, saw one of his own men achieve some feat in the battle, he inquired who did it, and his scribes wrote down the captain's name with his father and city of residence. The presence of Ariaramnes, a Persian and a friend of the Ionians, contributed still more to this calamity of the Phoenicians. Thus they dealt with the Phoenicians.