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The Greeks, on the other hand, were greatly emboldened by what had
happened, seeing that they had not only stood their ground against the
attacks of the horse, but had even compelled them to beat a retreat.
They therefore placed the dead body of Masistius upon a cart, and
paraded it along the ranks of the army. Now the body was a sight which
well deserved to be gazed upon, being remarkable both for stature and
for beauty; and it was to stop the soldiers from leaving their ranks to
look at it, that they resolved to carry it round. After this the
Greeks determined to quit the high ground and go nearer Plataea, as
the land there seemed far more suitable for an encampment than the
country about Erythrae, particularly because it was better supplied
with water. To this place therefore, and more especially to a
spring-head which was called Gargaphia, they considered that it would
be best for them to remove, after which they might once more encamp in
their order. So they took their arms, and proceeded along the slopes
of Cithaeron, past Hysiae, to the territory of the Plataeans; and
here they drew themselves up, nation by nation, close by the fountain
Gargaphia, and the sacred precinct of the Hero Androcrates, partly
along some hillocks of no great height, and partly upon the level of
the plain.
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