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The Greeks who were well affected to the Grecian cause, having
assembled in one place, and there consulted together, and interchanged
pledges with each other, agreed that, before any other step was
taken, the feuds and enmities which existed between the different
nations should first of all be appeased. Many such there were; but
one was of more importance than the rest, namely, the war which was
still going on between the Athenians and the Eginetans. When this
business was concluded, understanding that Xerxes had reached Sardis
with his army, they resolved to despatch spies into Asia to take note
of the king's affairs. At the same time they determined to send
ambassadors to the Argives, and conclude a league with them against
the Persians; while they likewise despatched messengers to Gelo, the
son of Deinomenes, in Sicily, to the people of Corcyra, and to
those of Crete, exhorting them to send help to Greece. Their wish
was to unite, if possible, the entire Greek name in one, and so to
bring all to join in the same plan of defence, inasmuch as the
approaching dangers threatened all alike. Now the power of Gelo was
said to be very great, far greater than that of any single Grecian people.
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