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The approach of spring, and the knowledge that Mardonius was in
Thessaly, roused the Greeks from inaction. Their land force indeed
was not yet come together; but the fleet, consisting of one hundred
and ten ships, proceeded to Egina, under the command of
Leotychides. This Leotychides, who was both general and admiral,
was the son of Menares, the son of Agesilaus, the son of
Hippocratides, the son of Leotychides, the son of Anaxilaus, the
son of Archidamus, the son of Anaxandrides, the son of Theopompus,
the son of Nicander, the son of Charillus, the son of Eunomus, the
son of Polydectes, the son of Prytanis, the son of Euryphon, the
son of Procles, the son of Aristodemus, the son of Aristomachus,
the son of Cleodaeus, the son of Hyllus, the son of Hercules. He
belonged to the younger branch of the royal house. All his ancestors,
except the two next in the above list to himself, had been kings of
Sparta. The Athenian vessels were commanded by Xanthippus, the son
of Ariphron.
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