While Darius delayed making his decision, it chanced that at this time Demaratus son of Ariston had come up to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa, in voluntary exile from Lacedaemonia after he had lost the kingship of Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta.
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