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ἐπὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον. The Persian army never reached even Megara (cf. ix. 14). Doubtless its advance was connected with the projected encircling movement of the fleet (ch. 76).

Possession of the Attic shore (as of Psyttaleia; cf. ch. 76. 2) would enable the Persians to save their own stranded ships and shipwrecked men and to destroy those of the enemy.

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