For whensoever Xerxes (sitting just under the mountain opposite Salamis, which is called Aigaleos) saw anyone of his own side display a deed of valour in the sea-fight, he inquired about him who had done it, and the scribes recorded the name of the ship’s captain with that of his father and the city from whence he came. Moreover also Ariaramnes, a Persian who was present, shared

1267 the fate of the Phoenicians, being their friend. They 1268 then proceeded to deal with the Phoenicians.