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Xerxes spoke thus and sent Artabanus away to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa. He next sent for the most notable among the Persians, and when they were present he said, “ Persians, I have assembled you to make this demand, that you bear yourselves bravely and never sully the great and glorious former achievements of the Persians. Let us each and all be zealous, for the good that we seek is common to all.
Xerxes spoke thus and sent Artabanus away to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa. He next sent for the most notable among the Persians, and when they were present he said, “ Persians, I have assembled you to make this demand, that you bear yourselves bravely and never sully the great and glorious former achievements of the Persians. Let us each and all be zealous, for the good that we seek is common to all.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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