# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 14.5

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XI, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/14.5

Ξέρξης δὲ διὰ τῆς Βοιωτίας διεξιὼν τὴν μὲν τῶν Θεσπιέων χώραν κατέφθειρε, τὰς δὲ Πλαταιὰς ἐρήμους οὔσας ἐνέπρησεν· οἱ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταύταις κατοικοῦντες ἐπεφεύγεσαν εἰς Πελοπόννησον πανδημεί. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐμβαλόντες τὴν μὲν χώραν ἐδῄωσαν, τὰς δὲ Ἀθήνας κατέσκαψαν καὶ τοὺς τῶν θεῶν ναοὺς ἐνέπρησαν. τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως περὶ ταῦτα διατρίβοντος, κατέπλευσεν ὁ στόλος ἐκ τῆς Εὐβοίας εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, πεπορθηκὼς τήν τε Εὔβοιαν καὶ τὴν παράλιον τῆς Ἀττικῆς.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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