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From the Strymon the army, proceeding westward, came to a strip of
shore, on which there stands the Grecian town of Argilus. This
shore, and the whole tract above it, is called Bisaltia. Passing
this, and keeping on the left hand the Gulf of Posideium, Xerxes
crossed the Sylean plain, as it is called, and passing by Stagirus,
a Greek city, came to Acanthus. The inhabitants of these parts, as
well as those who dwelt about Mount Pangaeum, were forced to join the
armament, like those others of whom I spoke before; the dwellers
along the coast being made to serve in the fleet, while those who lived
more inland had to follow with the land forces. The road which the
army of Xerxes took remains to this day untouched: the Thracians
neither plough nor sow it, but hold it in great honour.
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