s reason I make mention of these and not of the rest, because
Theomestor on account of this deed became despot of Samos, appointed by
the Persians, and Phylacos was recorded as a benefactor of the king
and received much land as a reward. Now the benefactors of the king are
called in the Persian tongue orosangai.

86. Thus it was with these; but the greater number of their ships were
disabled at Salamis, being destroyed some by the Athenians and others
by the Eginetans: for since the Hellenes fought in order and ranged in
their places, while the Barbarians were no longer ranged in order nor
did anything with design, it was likely that there would be some such
result as in fact followed. Yet on this day they surpassed themselves
much more than when they fought by Euboea, every one being eager
and fearing Xerxes, and each man thinking that the king was looking
especially at him.

87. As regards the rest I cannot speak of them separately, or say
precisely how the Barbarians or the Hellenes individually contended in
the fight; but with regard to Artemisia that which happened was this,
whence she gained yet more esteem than before from the king.--When the
affairs of the king had come to great confusion, at this crisis a ship
of Artemisia was being pursued by an Athenian ship; and as she was not
able to escape, for in front of her were other ships of her own side,
while her ship, as it chanced, was furthest advanced towards the enemy,
she resolved what she would do, and it proved also much to her advantage
to have done so. While she was being pursued by the Athenian ship
she charged with full career against a ship of her own side manned by
Calyndians and in which the king of the Calyndians Damasithymos was
embarked. Now, even though it be true that she had had some strife with
him before, while they were still about the Hellespont, yet I am not
able to say whether she did this by intention, or whether the Calyndian
ship happened by chance to fall in her way. Having charged against it
however and sunk it, she enjoyed good fortune and got for herself good
in two ways; for first the captain of the Athenian ship, when he saw her
charge against a ship manned by Barbarians, turned away and went after
others, supposing that the ship of Artemisia was either a Hellenic ship
or was deserting from the Barbarians and fighting for the Hellenes,

88,--first, I say, it was her fortune to have this, namely to escape and
not suffer destructi