-Xerxes had divided the whole land-army into three divisions, and one of them he had set to go along the sea accompanying the fleet, of which division Mardonios and Masistes were commanders;
Xerxesek hiru zutabetan banatu zituen bere lehor-indar guztiak eta zutabeotako bat kostan zehar, untziteriaren parez, joan zedin ebatzi zuen (armadaren zati honen buru, zehazki, Mardonio eta Masistes zihoazen).