This was exactly the kind of news that Xerxes wanted to hear; that the Athenians might be willing to submit to him, and that he would be able to destroy the rest of the Allied fleet.
Det var præcis den slags nyheder, som Xerxes ønskede at høre, at athenienserne måske var villige til at underkaste sig ham, og at han ville være i stand til at knuse resten af de allieredes flåde.