Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.83.1

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While Darius was making preparations¹ against the Scythians, and sending messengers to direct some to furnish infantry and some to furnish ships, and others again to bridge the Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaThracian Bosporus, Artabanus, son of Hystaspes and Darius' brother, by no means wanted him to make an expedition against the Scythians, telling him how hard that people were to deal with.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] παρασκευαζομένου Δαρείου ἐπὶ τοὺς Σκύθας καὶ ἐπιπέμποντος ἀγγέλους ἐπιτάξοντας τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατόν, τοῖσι δὲ νέας παρέχειν, τοῖσι δὲ ζεύγνυσθαι τὸν Θρηίκιον Βόσπορον Ἀρτάβανος ὁ Ὑστάσπεος, ἀδελφεὸς ἐὼν Δαρείου, ἐχρήιζε μηδαμῶς αὐτὸν στρατηίην ἐπὶ Σκύθας ποιέεσθαι, καταλέγων τῶν Σκυθέων τὴν ἀπορίην.

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1. The date of Darius' expedition is uncertain. Grote thinks it probable that it took place before 514 B.C.

Herodotus Histories 4.83.1

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