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Good evening.

Tonight, I'll be reading chapters 31 to 34 of The Stories of Greece by Mary McGregor.

So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night's sleep.

Chapter 31

The Athenians take Salamis.

Salamis, an island lying about a mile from Athens and Magara, was in the hands of the Magarians.

It's positioned between the two states made it an important one, so the Athenians determined

to proclaim war against the Magarians and try to win Salamis for themselves.

But the war dragged on so long that the Athenians grew weary and although the Magarians still

held the island, they longed for the war to end. The poor soldiers wished to go home to plow

their fields, the rich wished to escape from the hardships of the camp to their own comfortable homes.

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