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To return, however, to my main subject - the expedition of the
Persian king, though it was in name directed against Athens,
threatened really the whole of Greece. And of this the Greeks were
aware some time before; but they did not all view the matter in the
same light. Some of them had given the Persian earth and water, and
were bold on this account, deeming themselves thereby secured against
suffering hurt from the barbarian army; while others, who had refused
compliance, were thrown into extreme alarm. For whereas they
considered all the ships in Greece too few to engage the enemy, it was
plain that the greater number of states would take no part in the war,
but warmly favoured the Medes.
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