§8.13.1καὶ τούτοισι μὲν τοιαύτη ἡ νὺξ ἐγίνετο, τοῖσι δὲ ταχθεῖσι αὐτῶν περιπλέειν Εὔβοιαν ἡ αὐτή περ ἐοῦσα νὺξ πολλὸν ἦν ἔτι ἀγριωτέρη, τοσούτω ὅσῳ ἐν πελάγεϊ φερομένοισι ἐπέπιπτε, καὶ τὸ τέλος σφι ἐγίνετο ἄχαρι.
Now for these men, the night was such as this; but for those of them who had been ordered to sail around Euboea, the very same night was still much more savage, inasmuch as it fell upon them while they were being carried along in the open sea, and their end became miserable.
ὡς γὰρ δὴ πλέουσι αὐτοῖσι χειμών τε καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπεγίνετο ἐοῦσι κατὰ τὰ Κοῖλα τῆς Εὐβοίης, φερόμενοι τῷ πνεύματι καὶ οὐκ εἰδότες τῇ ἐφέροντο ἐξέπιπτον πρὸς τὰς πέτρας·
For indeed, as they were sailing and were off the "Hollows" of Euboea, the storm and the torrential rain came upon them; carried along by the wind and not knowing where they were being carried, they were cast ashore against the rocks.
ἐποιέετό τε πᾶν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὅκως ἂν ἐξισωθείη τῷ Ἑλληνικῷ τὸ Περσικὸν μηδὲ πολλῷ πλέον εἴη.
Everything was being done by the god so that the Persian fleet might be made equal to the Greek and might not be much larger.