Histories

All these people who live this side of +Nomo Thesprotias [20.333,39.5] (department), Epirus, Greece, Europe Thesprotia and the Acheron river took part in the war. The Thesprotians border on the Ampraciots and Leucadians, who were the ones who came from the most distant countries to take part in the war. The only ones living beyond these to help Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas in its danger were the Crotonians, with one ship. Its captain was Phayllus, three times victor in the Pythian games. The Crotonians are Achaeans by birth.

All of these came to the war providing triremes, except the Melians and Siphnians and Seriphians, who brought fifty-oared boats. The Melians (who are of Lacedaemonian stock) provided two; the Siphnians and Seriphians, who are Ionians from Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens, one each. The total number of ships, besides the fifty-oared boats, was three hundred and seventy-eight.