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Through the void of the night their straining eyes saw masses gliding across the face of the water. Ariabignes was making his promise good. Yonder the Egyptian fleet were swinging forth to close the last retreat of the Hellenes.
Then, too, I rowed by the whole armada while on my way to Salamis. I have eyes. The moon was shining. I was not mistaken.” “Do you know where rides the trireme of Ariabignes, Xerxes’s admiral-in-chief?” “Off the entrance to Peiræus. It is easy to find her. She is covered with lights.” “Ah! and the Egyptian squadron is on the extreme right and closest to Salamis?” “Very close.”
To Boges, chief of the eunuchs, is entrusted the execution of this order. By command of King Cambyses. Ariabignes, chief of the Secretaries' "I had scarcely placed these lines in the sleeve of my robe, when the king's mother, with her garments rent, and led by Atossa, pressed hastily into the hall.
The ships met, and, fastened together by their brazen beaks, which served as grappling-irons, Ariabignes gallantly boarded the Grecian vessel, and was instantly slain by the hostile pikes and hurled into the sea . The first who took a ship was an Athenian named Lycomedes.
But above all things speed was needful. The athlete put his strength upon the oars till the heavy skiff shot across the black void of the water. It was little short of midnight when Glaucon swung the skiff away from the tall trireme of Ariabignes, the Barbarian’s admiral. The deed was done. He had sat in the bobbing boat while Sicinnus had been above with the Persian chiefs.
Apparently there was no compunction felt on this account, for the Ionians distinguished themselves by gallant fighting against their Greek brethren. Nevertheless, it is not hard to imagine difficulties involved in the task of making a unit of such an assortment of peoples. The fleet was commanded by a Persian, Prince Ariabignes, brother of Xerxes.
The Greeks had lost 40 ships; the Persians had lost over 200 sunk, and an indeterminate number captured. Nevertheless, the latter could probably have mustered a considerable force for another attack which the Greeks expected if their morale had not been so badly shaken. Their commander, Ariabignes, was among the killed, and there was no one else capable of reorganizing the shattered forces.
To Boges, chief of the eunuchs, is entrusted the execution of this order. By command of King Cambyses. Ariabignes, chief of the Secretaries' "I had scarcely placed these lines in the sleeve of my robe, when the king's mother, with her garments rent, and led by Atossa, pressed hastily into the hall.
To Boges, chief of the eunuchs, is entrusted the execution of this order. By command of King Cambyses. Ariabignes, chief of the Secretaries' "I had scarcely placed these lines in the sleeve of my robe, when the king's mother, with her garments rent, and led by Atossa, pressed hastily into the hall.
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