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The Greeks, on their return to the Isthmus, took counsel together
concerning the words of Alexander, and considered where they should
fix the war, and what places they should occupy. The opinion which
prevailed was that they should guard the pass of Thermopylae; since it
was narrower than the Thessalian defile, and at the same time nearer
to them. Of the pathway, by which the Greeks who fell at
Thermopylae were intercepted, they had no knowledge, until, on their
arrival at Thermopylae, it was discovered to them by the
Trachinians. This pass then it was determined that they should
guard, in order to prevent the barbarians from penetrating into Greece
through it; and at the same time it was resolved that the fleet should
proceed to Artemisium, in the region of Histiaeotis, for, as those
places are near to one another, it would be easy for the fleet and army
to hold communication. The two places may be thus described.
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