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Having made these resolves, they continued during that whole day to
suffer beyond measure from the attacks of the enemy's horse. At
length when towards dusk the attacks of the horse ceased, and, night
having closed in, the hour arrived at which the army was to commence
its retreat, the greater number struck their tents and began the march
towards the rear. They were not minded, however, to make for the
place agreed upon; but in their anxiety to escape from the Persian
horse, no sooner had they begun to move than they fled straight to
Plataea; where they took post at the temple of Juno, which lies
outside the city, at the distance of about twenty furlongs from
Gargaphia; and here they pitched their camp in front of the sacred building.
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