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τοῦ βαρβάρου: from τὸ βάρβαρον; cf. i. 60. 3; iii. 115. 2, &c.

Ἰωνικὸν ... καὶ ... Καρικόν. The Ionians must be supposed to include other Hellenes of Asia. The Carians had resisted Harpagus (i. 174) and joined in the Ionic revolt (v. 103, 118-21).

H. breaks off his account of Themistocles' device for detaching the Ionians (§ 1; cf. ch. 22) to insert his plan for securing an unmolested retreat (§ 2), with a note on the fate of the Euboeans' flocks, which interested him as an illustration of the truth of prophecy.

ἐλαυνόντων: a mark of time. The inhabitants of the lowlands along the coast drove, as they still do, their herds up to the mountain pastures every morning and down again every evening.

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