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The Persians accordingly sailed round Sunium. But the Athenians
with all possible speed marched away to the defence of their city, and
succeeded in reaching Athens before the appearance of the barbarians:
and as their camp at Marathon had been pitched in a precinct of
Hercules, so now they encamped in another precinct of the same god at
Cynosarges. The barbarian fleet arrived, and lay to off Phalerum,
which was at that time the haven of Athens; but after resting awhile
upon their oars, they departed and sailed away to Asia.
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