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So the Greeks on receiving these tidings held a council, whereat,
after much debate, it was resolved that they should stay quiet for the
present where they were, and remain at their moorings, but that after
midnight they should put out to sea, and encounter the ships which were
on their way round the island. Later in the day, when they found that
no one meddled with them, they formed a new plan, which was to wait
till near evening, and then sail out against the main body of the
barbarians, for the purpose of trying their mode of fight and skill in manoeuvring.
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