... an army incredibly small for the task before him, he entered Asia Minor, and routed the Persian forces on the river Granicus. The Greek Memnon, the one able leader for the Persians, would have ... have two comfortable nests made for them. It is probably too cold and stormy for the little storks on Ilios anemoessa. My most recent excavations have far surpassed my expectations, for I have ... gathered within the city walls, and landed forces at will on the Peloponnese. Platsea, almost their sole ally on land, held out valiantly for some time, but was forced to surrender; and Athens herself...