97 [ i.e. most of those who before served as {epibatai} (vii. 96) continued to serve still. The sentence is usually translated, "of those who served as fighting-men in them the greater number were Persians or Medes," and this may be right.] 98 [ The MSS. have "Charilos" or "Charillos."] 99 [ Some Editors read "Eurypon," which is the form found elsewhere.] 100 [ Cp. vii. 204.] 101 [ {duon}. It seems certain that the number required here is seven and not two, and the emendation {epta} for {duon} ({z} for {b}) is approved by several Editors.] 102 [ {khresomenon}: the best MSS. read {khresamenon}, which is retained by Stein, with the meaning "charging him to consult the Oracles everywhere... and then return."] 103 [ i.e. Mardonios and the Persians.] 104 [ i.e. Theban citizens.] 105 [ {promantin}: he is afterwards called {prophetes}.] 106 [ Cp. v. 21.] 107 [ Some Editors would read "Alabastra." Alabanda was a Carian town.] 108 [ Counting Alexander himself as one.] 109 [ {esan gar}: this is the reading of the best MSS.: others have {esan de}. Stein (reading {esan gar}) places this clause after the next, "The wife of the king herself baked their bread, for in ancient times, etc." This transposition is unnecessary; for it would be easy to understand it as a comment on the statement that three members of the royal house of Argos became farm-servants.] 110 [ {ai turannides ton anthropon}.] 111 [ {exaireton metaikhmion te ten gun ektemenon}: there are variations of reading and punctuation in the MSS.] 112 [ {sunepipte oste omou spheon ginesthai ten katastasin}, i.e. their introduction before the assembly, cp. iii. 46.] 113 [ {epeximen amunomenoi}, which possibly might be translated, "we will continue to defend ourselves."] 114 [ {karta anthropeion}.] BOOK IX. THE NINTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CALLIOPE 1. Mardonios, when Alexander had returned back and had signified to him that which was said by the Athenians, set forth from Thessaly and began to lead his army with all diligence towards Athens: and to whatever land he came, he took up with him the people of that land. The leaders of Thessaly meanwhile did not repent of all that which had been done already, but on the contrary they urged on the Persian yet much more; and Thorax of Larissa had joined in escorting Xerxes in his flight and at this time he openly offered Mardonios passage to invade Hellas..