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Scyllias, the famous diver. Dissensions in the Greek fleet. Jealousy of the Athenians. Situation of the Athenians. Eurybiades appointed commander. Debates in the Greek council. Dismay of the Euboeans. The Greek leaders bribed. Precautions of the Persians. Designs of the Persians discovered. The Greeks decide to give battle. Euripus and Artemisium. Advance of the Greeks. The battle. A stormy night.
The Persians themselves recovered, it was said, a great deal of valuable treasure, by employing a certain Greek diver, whom they had in their fleet, to dive for it after the storm was over. This diver, whose name was Scyllias, was famed far and wide for his power of remaining under water.
Many of the old historians mention diving, and Herodotus speaks of a diver by the name of Scyllias who was engaged by Xerxes to recover some articles of value which had been sunk on some Persian vessels in a tempest. Egyptian divers are mentioned by Plutarch, who says that Anthony was deceived by Cleopatra in a fishing contest by securing expert divers to place the fish upon the hooks.
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