Note 290 — Chapter XLI · BATTLE OF SALAMIS. — RETREAT OF XERXES.
Reading edition
Herodot. viii, 123. Plutarch (Themist. c. 17: compare De Herodot. Malign. p. 871) states that each individual chief gave his second vote to Themistoklês. The more we test Herodotus by comparison with others, the more we shall find him free from the exaggerating spirit.