Then Darius attempted to learn whether the Greeks intended to wage war against him or to surrender themselves. He sent heralds this way and that throughout Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, bidding them demand a gift of earth and water for the king.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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