Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 3.30.3

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[3] Fearing therefore for himself, lest his brother might slay him and so be king, he sent Prexaspes, the most trusted of his Persians, to Iran [53,32] (nation), Asia Persia to kill him. Prexaspes went up to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, Asia Susa and killed Smerdis; some say that he took Smerdis out hunting, others that he brought him to the Red¹ Sea and there drowned him.

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[3] πρὸς ὦν ταῦτα δείσας περὶ ἑωυτοῦ μή μιν ἀποκτείνας ὁ ἀδελφεὸς ἄρχῃ, πέμπει Πρηξάσπεα ἐς Πέρσας, ὃς ἦν οἱ ἀνὴρ Περσέων πιστότατος, ἀποκτενέοντά μιν. ὁ δὲ ἀναβὰς ἐς Σοῦσα ἀπέκτεινε Σμέρδιν, οἳ μὲν λέγουσι ἐπʼ ἄγρην ἐξαγαγόντα, οἳ δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἐρυθρὴν θάλασσαν προαγαγόντα καταποντῶσαι.

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1. Not our +Red Sea [42,15] (sea) Red Sea ( Ἀράβιος κόλπος) but the Persian Gulf [53.83,25.583] (gulf), Asia Persian Gulf , probably; but it is to be noted that Herodotus has no definite knowledge of a gulf between Iran [53,32] (nation), Asia Persia and Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), Asia Arabia .

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