§8.130.1ὁ δὲ ναυτικὸς ὁ Ξέρξεω περιγενόμενος ὡς προσέμιξε τῇ Ἀσίῃ φεύγων ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος καὶ βασιλέα τε καὶ τὴν στρατιὴν ἐκ Χερσονήσου διεπόρθμευσε ἐς Ἄβυδον, ἐχειμέριζε ἐν Κύμῃ.
The fleet of Xerxes which had survived, when it reached Asia in its flight from Salamis and had ferried the King and the army from the Chersonese to Abydos, spent the winter at Cyme.
ἔαρος δὲ ἐπιλάμψαντος πρώιος συνελέγετο ἐς Σάμον· αἳ δὲ τῶν νεῶν καὶ ἐχειμέρισαν αὐτοῦ·
But as soon as spring began to shine, it gathered early at Samos; some of the ships had even wintered there.
Περσέων δὲ καὶ Μήδων οἱ πλεῦνες ἐπεβάτευον.
And the majority of those serving as marines on board were Persians and Medes.
§8.130.2στρατηγοὶ δέ σφι ἐπῆλθον Μαρδόντης τε ὁ Βαγαίου καὶ Ἀρταΰντης ὁ Ἀρταχαίεω· συνῆρχε δὲ τούτοισι καὶ ἀδελφιδέος αὐτοῦ Ἀρταΰντεω προσελομένου Ἰθαμίτρης.
There came to them as generals Mardontes the son of Bagaeus and Artayntes the son of Artachaees; and Ithamitres, whom his uncle Artayntes had chosen as his colleague, also shared the command with them.
ἅτε δὲ μεγάλως πληγέντες, οὐ προήισαν ἀνωτέρω τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης, οὐδʼ ἐπηνάγκαζε οὐδείς, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ κατήμενοι ἐφύλασσον τὴν Ἰωνίην μὴ ἀποστῇ, νέας ἔχοντες σὺν τῇσι Ἰάσι τριηκοσίας.
Because they had been heavily defeated, they did not advance any further toward the west, nor did anyone compel them to do so, but remaining inactive in Samos they guarded Ionia lest it should revolt, having three hundred ships including the Ionian ones.
§8.130.3οὐ μὲν οὐδὲ προσεδέκοντο τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐλεύσεσθαι ἐς τὴν Ἰωνίην ἀλλʼ ἀποχρήσειν σφι τὴν ἑωυτῶν φυλάσσειν, σταθμεύμενοι ὅτι σφέας οὐκ ἐπεδίωξαν φεύγοντας ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος ἀλλʼ ἄσμενοι ἀπαλλάσσοντο.
Moreover, they did not at all expect that the Greeks would come to Ionia, but rather that it would be enough for them to guard their own territory, judging this from the fact that the Greeks had not pursued them as they fled from Salamis, but had been glad to depart.
κατὰ μέν νυν τὴν θάλασσαν ἑσσωμένοι ἦσαν τῷ θυμῷ, πεζῇ δὲ ἐδόκεον πολλῷ κρατήσειν τὸν Μαρδόνιον.
So, as far as the sea was concerned, they were defeated in spirit, but on land they expected that Mardonius would be far superior.
§8.130.4ἐόντες δὲ ἐν Σάμῳ ἅμα μὲν ἐβουλεύοντο εἴ τι δυναίατο κακὸν τοὺς πολεμίους ποιέειν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὠτακούστεον ὅκῃ πεσέεται τὰ Μαρδονίου πρήγματα.
While they were in Samos, they were at once deliberating whether they could do any harm to their enemies, and at the same time they were listening out to see how Mardonius' affairs would turn out.