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When the fleet was ready, Gylippus, under cover of night, led forth the whole land-army, intending to attack in person the forts on Plemmyrium.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Peloponnesians had sailed away and the land-army was dispersed, the

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Xerxes however made no account of either of these portents, but proceeded on his way, and with him the land-army.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Then secondly thou wilt give up to destruction Salamis and Megara and Egina, even if we have success in all else; for with their fleet will come also the land-army, and thus thou wilt thyself lead them to the Peloponnese and wilt risk the safety of all Hellas.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

These, I say, furnished them the pretence for the expedition, but they had it in their minds to subdue as many as they could of the Hellenic cities; and in the first place they subdued with their ships the Thasians, who did not even raise a hand to defend themselves: then with the land-army they gained the

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

And meanwhile those Barbarians whose ships had escaped destruction fled and came to Phaleron to be under cover of the land-army.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Abronichos son of Lysicles, an Athenian, ready to carry news to those at Artemision with a thirty-oared galley, if any disaster should happen to the land-army.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

When he had done this, the ships were drawn down into the sea, and Xerxes changing from his chariot to a ship of Sidon sat down under a golden canopy and sailed along by the prows of the ships, asking of all just as he had done with the land-army, and having the answers written down.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

During the time that these were working at the task which had been proposed to them, the whole land-army had been assembled together and was marching with Xerxes to Sardis, setting forth from

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

In these they placed their horses, and having embarked the land-army in the ships they sailed for Ionia with six hundred triremes.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003