Histories

Knowing that, they gave ground and waived their claim, but only so long as they had great need of the others. This is clear, for when they had driven the Persian back and the battle was no longer for their territory but for his, they made a pretext of Pausanias' highhandedness and took the command away from the Lacedaemonians. All that, however, took place later.

But now, the Greeks who had at last come to +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium saw a multitude of ships launched at +Aphetae [23.1167,39.1167] (Perseus) Aphetae and forces everywhere, and contrary to all expectation, the barbarian was shown to be in much different shape than they had supposed. They accordingly lost heart and began to deliberate about flight from +Artemisium [23.2417,39.0083] (Perseus) Artemisium homewards into Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas.