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Against the Athenians, who held the western extremity of the line
towards Eleusis, were placed the Phoenicians; against the
Lacedaemonians, whose station was eastward towards the Piraeus, the
Ionians. Of these last a few only followed the advice of
Themistocles, to fight backwardly; the greater number did far
otherwise. I could mention here the names of many trierarchs who took
vessels from the Greeks, but I shall pass over all excepting
Theomestor, the son of Androdamas, and Phylacus, the son of
Histiaeus, both Samians. I show this preference to them, inasmuch
as for this service Theomestor was made tyrant of Samos by the
Persians, which Phylacus was enrolled among the king's benefactors,
and presented with a large estate in land. In the Persian tongue the
king's benefactors are called Orosangs.
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