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After the blow struck at Marathon, Miltiades, who was previously
held in high esteem by his countrymen, increased yet more in
influence. Hence, when he told them that he wanted a fleet of seventy
ships, with an armed force, and money, without informing them what
country he was going to attack, but only promising to enrich them if
they would accompany him, seeing that it was a right wealthy land,
where they might easily get as much gold as they cared to have - when
he told them this, they were quite carried away, and gave him the
whole armament which he required.
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