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ch. 97 9.97.1 With this design they put to sea. So when they came past the temple of the Goddesses note at Mykale to the Gaeson and Scolopois, note where there is a temple of Eleusinian Demeter (which was built by Philistus son of Pasicles when he went with Nileus son of Codrus to the founding of Miletus), they beached their ships and fenced them round with stones and the trunks of orchard trees which they cut down; they drove in stakes around the fence and prepared for siege or victory, making ready, after consideration, for either event.



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