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As for the Greeks upon the king's side, while most of them played
the coward purposely, the Boeotians, on the contrary, had a long
struggle with the Athenians. Those of the Thebans who were attached
to the Medes, displayed especially no little zeal; far from playing
the coward, they fought with such fury that three hundred of the best
and bravest among them were slain by the Athenians in this passage of
arms. But at last they too were routed, and fled away - not,
however, in the same direction as the Persians and the crowd of
allies, who, having taken no part in the battle, ran off without
striking a blow - but to the city of Thebes.
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