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ἑτεραλκὴς νίκη (or Ἄρης) means in Homer and Aeschylus (Pers. 930) ‘decisive victory’, but here and in viii. 11. 3 (ἑτεραλκέως) ‘inclining now this way and now that, anceps, undecided’.

Ephorus, being from Cyme, was led by local patriotism to emphasize, and probably to exaggerate, the share of the Asiatic Greeks in the victory. He makes the appearance of the Samians and Milesians the turning-point in the battle, and declares that the Aeolians and others took part in the pursuit and slaughter of the Persians (Diod. xi. 36. 4, 5).

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