to Themistocles.
They then were left alone in their votes, while Themistocles in regard
to the second place surpassed the rest by far:

124, and although the Hellenes would not give decision of this by reason
of envy, but sailed away each to their own city without deciding, yet
Themistocles was loudly reported of and was esteemed throughout Hellas
to be the man who was the ablest 89 by far of the Hellenes: and since he
had not received honour from those who had fought at Salamis, although
he was the first in the voting, he went forthwith after this to
Lacedemon, desiring to receive honour there; and the Lacedemonians
received him well and gave him great honours. As a prize of valour they
gave to Eurybiades a wreath of olive; and for ability and skill they
gave to Themistocles also a wreath of olive, and presented him besides
with the chariot which was judged to be the best in Sparta. So having
much commended him, they escorted him on his departure with three
hundred picked men of the Spartans, the same who are called the
"horsemen," 90 as far as the boundaries of Tegea: and he is the only man
of all we know to whom the Spartans ever gave escort on his way.

125. When however he had come to Athens from Lacedemon, Timodemos of
Aphidnai, one of the opponents of Themistocles, but in other respects
not among the men of distinction, maddened by envy attacked him,
bringing forward against him his going to Lacedemon, and saying that it
was on account of Athens that he had those marks of honour which he had
from the Lacedemonians, and not on his own account. Then, as Timodemos
continued ceaselessly to repeat this, Themistocles said: "I tell thee
thus it is:--if I had been a native of Belbina 91 I should never have
been thus honoured by the Spartans; but neither wouldest thou, my
friend, for all that thou art an Athenian." So far then went these
matters.

126. Artabazos meanwhile the son of Pharnakes, a man who was held in
esteem among the Persians even before this and came to be so yet more
after the events about Plataia, was escorting the king as far as the
passage with six myriads 92 of that army which Mardonios had selected
for himself; and when the king was in Asia and Artabazos on his march
back came near to Pallene, finding that Mardonios was wintering in
Thessaly and Macedonia and was not at present urgent with him to come
and join the rest of the army, he thought it not good to pass by without
reducing the Potidaians