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Meanwhile the Greeks, finding that they could not capture Andros,
sailed away to Carystus, and wasted the lands of the Carystians,
after which they returned to Salamis. Arrived here, they proceeded,
before entering on any other matter, to make choice of the
first-fruits which should be set apart as offerings to the gods.
These consisted of divers gifts; among them were three Phoenician
triremes, one of which was dedicated at the Isthmus, where it
continued to my day; another at Sunium; and the third, at Salamis
itself, which was devoted to Ajax. This done, they made a division
of the booty, and sent away the first-fruits to Delphi. Thereof was
made the statue, holding in its hand the beak of a ship, which is
twelve cubits high, and which stands in the same place with the golden
one of Alexander the Macedonian.
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