The histories of Herodotus;

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another river, the Phoenix, not large, which, flowing from
these mountains, falls into the Asopus. At the river Phcenix
it is the narrowest; for only a single carriage road has been
constructed there. From the river Phcenix it is fifteen stades
to Thermopylae; and between the river Phcenix and Thermopylae
is a village, the name of which is Anthela, by which
the Asopus flowing, falls into the sea: the country about it
is wide, and in it is situated a temple of Ceres Amphictyonis,
and there are the seats of the Amphictyons, and a temple of
Amphictyon himself. '"''King Xerxes, then, encamped in the
Trachinian territory of Malis, and the Greeks in the pass.
This spot is called by most of the Greeks Thermopylae, but
by the inhabitants and neighbours Pylae. Both parties, then,
encamped in these places. The one was in possession of all
the parts toward the north, as far as Trachis ; and the others,
of the parts which stretch toward the south and meridian,
on this continent.
The following were the Greeks who awaited the Persian
in this position : of Spartans three hundred heavy armed men
of Tegeans and Mantineans one thousand, half of each ; from
Orchomenus in Arcadia one hundred and twenty; and from
the rest of Arcadia one thousand, there were so many Arcadians
; from Corinth four hundred ; from Phlius two hundred
men, and from Mycenae eighty. These came from Peloponnesus.
From Bceotia, of Thespians seven hundred, and of
Thebans four hundred. In addition to these, the Opuntian
Locrians, being invited, came with all their forces, and a
thousand Phocians. For the Greeks themselves had invited
them, representing by their ambassadors that they had arrived
as forerunners of the others, and that the rest of the allies
that the sea was protected by them,
might be daily expected ;
being guarded by the Athenians, the yEginetae, and others,
who were appointed to the naval service; and that they had
nothing to fear, for that it was not a god who invaded Greece,
but a man; and that there never was, and never would be,
any mortal who had not evil mixed with his prosperity from
his very birth; and to the greatest of them the greatest reverses
happen. That it must, therefore, needs be, that he
who is marching against us, being a mortal, will be disappointed
in his expectation. They, having heard this, marched
with assistance to Trachis. These nations had separate generals
for their several cities ; but the one most admired, and
who commanded the whole army, was a Lacedaemonian, Leonidas,
son of Anaxandrides, son of Leon, son of Eurycratides,
son of Anaxander, son of Eurycrates, son of Polydorus, son
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