Note 260 — Chapter XI
E. J. (Edward James) Chinnock translation
The victories of the Greeks and Macedonians over the Persians were materially aided by the pusillanimity of Xerxes and Darius. Compare the conduct of Xerxes at Salamis (Herodotus, viii. 97; Aeschўlus, Persae, 465-470, with Mr. Paley’s note) and that of Darius at Arbela (Arrian, iii. 14).