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Such were the nations which furnished vessels to the fleet now at
Artemisium; and in mentioning them I have given the number of ships
furnished by each. The total number of the ships thus brought
together, without counting the penteconters, was two hundred and
seventy-one; and the captain, who had the chief command over the
whole fleet, was Eurybiades the son of Eurycleides. He was
furnished by Sparta, since the allies had said that "if a
Lacedaemonian did not take the command, they would break up the
fleet, for never would they serve under the Athenians."
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