Histories

We also have on record our great victory against the Amazons, who once came from the river Thermodon and broke into Attica [23.5,38.83] (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Attica, and in the hard days of +Troy [26.2833,39.9167] (Perseus) Troy we were second to none. But since it is useless to recall these matters—for those who were previously valiant may now be of lesser mettle, and those who lacked mettle then may be better men now—

enough of the past. Supposing that we were known for no achievement (although the fact is that we have done more than any other of the Greeks), we nevertheless deserve to have this honor and more beside because of the role we played at Marathon, seeing that alone of all Greeks we met the Persian singlehandedly and did not fail in that enterprise, but overcame forty-six nations.