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interval of eight stadia separated the two ar- chap. 
mies ; and this precisely corresponds with v. ,.^- ; 
the distance, as before mentioned, between the 
Charadrus and the Stelce at the foot of Mount 
^gherlichi. It was therefore beneath this 
mountain that Miltiades ranged his troops ; 
having the Platceans upon his left wing, 
towards Brauron ; and his right towards the 
sea, commanded by Callimachus. The Cha- 
radrus perhaps separated the hostile legions. 
That the Greeks were repulsed after their first 
onset, seems very probable ; not only from the 
obstinate combat that ensued after they made 
the attack, but also from the situation of the 
mound raised over their dead, where the 
combat was the most severe, and which still 
serves to mark the situation of the Grecian line. 
Afterwards, when victory began to declare 
itself in their favour, it is related, that the right 
wing of the Grecian army turned the left 
of the Persians upon their centre, and, by 
throwing the main army into disorder, di- 
spersed it in the Plain. Here it was again 
intercepted by the Flat^ans and Greeks sta- 
tioned upon the left, and driven across the 
Charadrus ; whence, flying in the utmost con- 
fusion, the whole body made at once for the 
de^Ie we have mentioned; where the only 
passage afforded was by an antient paved 
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