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Orders were now given to stand out to sea; and the ships proceeded
towards Salamis, and took up the stations to which they were
directed, without let or hindrance from the enemy. The day,
however, was too far spent for them to begin the battle, since night
already approached: so they prepared to engage upon the morrow. The
Greeks, meanwhile, were in great distress and alarm, more especially
those of the Peloponnese, who were troubled that they had been kept at
Salamis to fight on behalf of the Athenian territory, and feared
that, if they should suffer defeat, they would be pent up and besieged
in an island, while their own country was left unprotected.
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