ter width and extent of upper deck,
so that they might afford standing-room for a greater number of
fighting men. On reaching the city of Phaselis, as the inhabitants,
although of Greek origin, refused him admittance, and preferred to
remain faithful to Persia, he ravaged their territory and assaulted
the fortifications. However, the Chians who were serving in Kimon's
army, as their city had always been on friendly terms with the people
of Phaselis, contrived to pacify his anger, and by shooting arrows
into the town with letters wrapped round them, conveyed intelligence
of this to the inhabitants. Finally, they agreed to pay the sum of ten
talents, and to join the campaign against the Persians. We are told by
the historian Ephorus that the Persian fleet was commanded by
Tithraustes, and the land army by Pherendates. Kallisthenes, however,
says that the supreme command was entrusted to Ariomandes, the son of
Gobryas, who kept the fleet idle near the river Eurymedon, not wishing
to risk an engagement with the Greeks, but waiting for the arrival of
a reinforcement of eighty Phoenician ships from Cyprus. Kimon, wishing
to anticipate this accession of strength, put to sea, determined to
force the enemy to fight. The Persian fleet at first, to avoid an
engagement, retired into the river Eurymedon, but as the Athenians
advanced they came out again and ranged themselves in order of battle.
Their fleet, according to the historian Phanodemus, consisted of six
hundred ships, but, according to Ephorus, of three hundred and fifty.
Yet this great armament offered no effective resistance, but turned
and fled almost as soon as the Athenians attacked. Such as were able
ran their ships ashore and took refuge with the land army, which was
drawn up in battle array close by, while the rest were destroyed,
crews and all, by the Athenians. The number of the Persian ships is
proved to have been very great, by the fact that, although many
escaped, and many were sunk, yet the Athenians captured two hundred
prizes.

XIII. The land forces now moved down to the beach, and it appeared to
Kimon that it would be a hazardous undertaking to effect a landing,
and to lead his tired men to attack fresh troops, who also had an
immense superiority over them in numbers. Yet as he saw that the
Greeks were excited by their victory, and were eager to join battle
with the Persian army, he disembarked his heavy-armed troops, who,
warm as they were from the sea-fi