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whole matter and considering that he had been deceived; and theybought the property from those who possessed it and gave him thatwhich he had chosen. And forthwith after this he had a natural gift ofdivination,[105] so that he became very famous. 95. Of this Euenios, Isay, Deïphonos was the son, and he was acting as diviner for the army,being brought by the Corinthians. I have heard however also thatDeïphonos wrongly made use of the name of Euenios, and undertook workof this kind about Hellas, not being really the son of Euenios.96. Now when the sacrifices were favourable to the Hellenes, they puttheir ships to sea from Delos to go to Samos; and having arrived offCalamisa[106] in Samos, they moored their ships there opposite thetemple of Hera which is at this place, and made preparations for asea-fight; but the Persians, being informed that they were sailingthither, put out to sea also and went over to the mainland with theirremaining ships, (those of the Phenicians having been already sentaway to sail home): for deliberating of the matter they thought itgood not to fight a battle by sea, since they did not think that theywere a match for the enemy. And they sailed away to the mainland inorder that they might be under the protection of their land-army whichwas in Mycale, a body which had stayed behind the rest of the army bycommand of Xerxes and was keeping watch over Ionia: of this the numberwas six myriads[107] and the commander of it was Tigranes, who inbeauty and stature excelled the other Persians. The commanders of thefleet then had determined to take refuge under the protection of thisarmy, and to draw up their ships on shore and put an enclosure roundas a protection for the ships and a refuge for themselves. 97. Havingthus determined they began to put out to sea; and they came along bythe temple of the "Revered goddesses"[107a] to the Gaison and toScolopoeis in Mycale, where there is a temple of the EleusinianDemeter, which Philistos the son of Pasicles erected when he hadaccompanied Neileus the son of Codros for the founding of Miletos; andthere they drew up their ships on shore and put an enclosure roundthem of stones and timber, cutting down fruit-trees for this purpose,and they fixed stakes round the enclosure and made their preparationseither for being besieged or for gaining a victory, for in makingtheir preparations they reckoned for both chances.98. The Hellenes however, when they were informed that the Barbarianshad gone away to the mainland, were vexed because they thought thatthey had escaped; and they were in a difficulty what they should do,whether they should go back home, or sail down towards the Hellespont.At last they resolved to do neither of these two things, but to sailon to the mainland. Therefore when they had prepared as for a seafightboth boarding-bridges and all other things that were required,they sailed towards Mycale; and when they came near to the camp and no