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For Democritus cf. Simonides, fr. 136 (Plut. de Mal. 36) Δημόκριτος τρίτος ἦρχε μάχης ὅτε πὰρ Σαλαμῖνα Ἕλληνες Μήδοις σύμβαλον ἐνπελάγει: πέντε δὲ νῆας ἕλεν δηίων, ἕκτην δ᾽ ὑπὸ χειρὸς ῥύσατο βαρβαρικῆς Δωρίδ̓ ἁλισκομένην. Perhaps the six ships ascribed to the Naxians by Hellanicus and the five of Ephorus (Plut. l. c.) come from an imperfect recollection of this epigram. Plutarch makes H. speak of only three Naxian ships.

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