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The march of the army lay along the valley of the Cephissus; and here
they ravaged far and wide, burning the towns of Drymus, Charadra,
Erochus, Tethronium, Amphicaea, Neon, Pedieis, Triteis,
Elateia, Hyampolis, Parapotamii, and Abae. At the last-named
place there was a temple of Apollo, very rich, and adorned with a
vast number of treasures and offerings. There was likewise an oracle
there in those days, as indeed there is at the present time. This
temple the Persians plundered and burnt; and here they captured a
number of the Phocians before they could reach the hills, and caused
the death of some of their women by ill-usage.
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