2. These were those who joined in the expedition to Artemision, and I have mentioned them according to the number 1214 of the ships which they severally supplied: so the number of the ships which were assembled at Artemision was (apart from the fifty-oared galleys) two hundred and seventy-one: and the commander who had the supreme power was furnished by the Spartans, namely Eurybiades son of Eurycleides, since the allies said that they would not follow the lead of the Athenians, but unless a Lacedaemonian were leader they would break up the expedition which was to be made: 3.