“…About 200 Persian ships were sent to trap Greek navy nearly Yevbeas island. During the campaign Persian took aboard a Greek prisoner named Scyllis. When captive realized that Persian King Xerxes was to attack Greeks, he seized a knife and jumped overboard. Persians, who can’t find him in the water, supposed that man has drowned. Scyllis surfaced at night and made his way among Xerxes’ ships, cutting each ship loose from its moorings. He used a hollow reed for breathing to ... (more)