The Persian fleet began to retreat towards Phalerum, but according to Herodotus, the Aeginetans ambushed them as they tried to leave the Straits.Herodotus VIII, 91 The remaining Persian ships limped back to the harbour of Phalerum and the shelter of the Persian army.Herodotus VIII, 92 The Athenian general Aristides then took a detachment of men across to Psyttaleia to slaughter the garrison that Xerxes had left there.Herodotus VIII, 95
