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Had conquest waited upon numbers, queen,

Then Persia's ships were victor, for the fleet

Of Hellas counted but three hundred ships,

And other ten selected, in reserve.

But Xerxes, this I know, led fifty score,

While those for swiftness most pre-eminent

Two hundred were and seven: such the tale.

Seem we to thee the weaker in this battle?

Rather some power divine destroyed the host,

The scale depressing with unequal fortune.

Gods save the city of the goddess, Pallas.

Is then the Athenians' city still unsack'd?