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The scouts left by the Greeks about the highlands of Euboea hastened
down from their stations on the day following that whereon the storm
began, and acquainted their countrymen with all that had befallen the
Persian fleet. These no sooner heard what had happened than
straightway they returned thanks to Neptune the Saviour, and poured
libations in his honour; after which they hastened back with all speed
to Artemisium, expecting to find a very few ships left to oppose
them, and arriving there for the second time, took up their station on
that strip of coast: nor from that day to the present have they ceased
to address Neptune by the name then given him, of "Saviour."
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