“Salamis, thou the divine, thou shalt cause sons of women to perish,

Or when the grain is scattered or when it is gathered together.”

“Salamis, thou the divine, thou shalt cause sons of women to perish, Or when the grain is scattered or when it is gathered together.”

In reference to these verses the opinions of those who said that the ships were the bulwark of wood were disturbed; for the interpreters of oracles took these to mean that it was fated for them, having got ready for a sea-fight, to suffer defeat round about Salamis. 143.