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After he had quitted Attica and was already upon his march, news
reached him that a body of a thousand Lacedaemonians, distinct from
the army of Pausanias, and sent on in advance, had arrived in the
Megarid. When he heard it, wishing, if possible, to destroy this
detachment first, Mardonius considered with himself how he might
compass their ruin. With a sudden change of march he made for
Megara, while the horse, pushing on in advance, entered and ravaged
the Megarid. (Here was the furthest point in Europe towards the
setting sun to which this Persian army ever penetrated.)
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