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Considering this and wishing to win distinction for the Spartans alone, he sent away the allies rather than have them leave in disorder because of a difference of opinion.
For you, inhabitants of wide-wayed
Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta,
Either your great and glorious city must be wasted by
Persian men,
Or if not that, then the bound of
Sparta [22.416,37.83] (inhabited place), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Lacedaemon must mourn a dead king, from
Heracles' line.
The might of bulls or lions will not restrain him with opposing strength; for he has the might of
Zeus.
I declare that he will not be restrained until he utterly tears apart one of these.
Considering this and wishing to win distinction for the Spartans alone, he sent away the allies rather than have them leave in disorder because of a difference of opinion.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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