μέγα δὲ καὶ τόδε μαρτύριον · φαίνεται γὰρ Ξέρξης ἐν τῇ ὀπίσω κομιδῇ ἀπικόμενος ἐς Ἄβδηρα καὶ ξεινίην τέ σφι συνθέμενος καὶ δωρησάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀκινάκῃ τε χρυσέῳ καὶ τιήρῃ χρυσοπάστῳ . καὶ ὡς αὐτοὶ λέγουσι Ἀβδηρῖται , λέγοντες ἔμοιγε οὐδαμῶς πιστά , πρῶτον ἐλύσατο τὴν ζώνην φεύγων ἐξ Ἀθηνέων ὀπίσω , ὡς ἐν ἀδείῃ ἐών . τὰ δὲ Ἄβδηρα ἵδρυται πρὸς τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ Στρυμόνος καὶ τῆς Ἠιόνος , ὅθεν δή μιν φασὶ ἐπιβῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν νέα .
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