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[3] These facts are set forth by a dedication, as Ephorus states, which stands in the temple at Coroneia and bears the following inscription:“ These from the crews of fifty ships, escaping destruction,
Brought their bodies to land hard by Athos' sharp crags;
Only twelve, all the rest the yawning depth of the waters
Took to their death with their ships, meeting with terrible winds.

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