<P> ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ _̓, ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ παῖδας, γυναῖκας, θεῶν τέ πατρῴων ἕδη, θήκας τε προγόνων: νῦν ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀγών . O sons of the Greeks, go, Liberate your country, liberate Your children, your women, the seats of your fathers' gods, And the tombs of your forebears: now is the struggle for all things . </P> <P> Herodotus recounts that, according to the Athenians, as the battle began the Corinthians hoisted their sails and began sailing away from the battle, northwards up the straits . However, he also says that other Greeks denied this story . If this did in fact occur, one possible interpretation is that these ships had been a decoy sent to reconnoitre the northern exit from the straits, in case the arrival of the encircling Egyptian detachment was imminent (if indeed this also occurred). Another possibility (not exclusive of the former) is that the departure of the Corinthians triggered the final approach of the Persians, suggesting as it did that the Allied fleet was disintegrating . At any rate, if they indeed ever left, the Corinthians soon returned to the battle . </P> <P> Approaching the Allied fleet in the crowded Straits, the Persians appear to have become disorganised and cramped in the narrow waters . Moreover, it would have become apparent that, far from disintegrating, the Greek fleet was lined up, ready to attack them . However, rather than attacking immediately, the Allies initially appeared to back their ships away as if in fear . According to Plutarch, this was to gain better position, and also in order to gain time until the early morning wind . Herodotus recounts the legend that as the fleet had backed away, they had seen an apparition of a woman, asking them "Madmen, how far will ye yet back your ships?" However, he more plausibly suggests that whilst the Allies were backing water, a single ship shot forward to ram the nearest Persian vessel . The Athenians would claim that this was the ship of the Athenian Ameinias of Pallene; the Aeginetans would claim it as one of their ships . The whole Greek line then followed suit and made straight for the disordered Persian battle line . </P> <P> The details of the rest of the battle are generally sketchy, and no one involved would have had a view of the entire battlefield . Triremes were generally armed with a large ram at the front, with which it was possible to sink an enemy ship, or at least disable it by shearing off the banks of oars on one side . If the initial ramming was not successful, marines boarded the enemy ship and something similar to a land battle ensued . Both sides had marines on their ships for this eventuality; the Greeks with fully armed hoplites; the Persians probably with more lightly armed infantry . </P>

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