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Updated: May 5, 2025
Had I been a Belbinite, I had not been thus distinguished at Sparta, nor would you, although you had been born an Athenian!" While the Greeks were thus occupied, the Persian army had retreated with Mardonius into Thessaly. Here that general selected and marshalled the forces with which he intended to renew the war, retaining in his service the celebrated Immortals.
It is said that on his return to Athens, Themistocles was reproached by Timodemus of Aphidna, a Belbinite by origin , and an implacable public enemy, with his visit to Sparta: "The honours awarded you," said Timodemus, "are bestowed from respect, not to you, but to Athens." "My friend," retorted the witty chief, "the matter stands thus.
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