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Far the greater number of the Persian ships engaged in this battle
were disabled, either by the Athenians or by the Eginetans. For as
the Greeks fought in order and kept their line, while the barbarians
were in confusion and had no plan in anything that they did, the issue
of the battle could scarce be other than it was. Yet the Persians
fought far more bravely here than at Euboea, and indeed surpassed
themselves; each did his utmost through fear of Xerxes, for each
thought that the king's eye was upon himself.
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