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So Darius son of Hystaspes was made king, 1 and the whole of Asia (continent) Asia , which Cyrus first and Cambyses after him had conquered, was subject to him, except the Arabians; these did not yield as of slaves to the Persians, but were united to them by friendship, having given Cambyses passage into Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , which the Persians could not enter without the consent of the Arabians.
So Darius son of Hystaspes was made king, 1 and the whole of Asia (continent) Asia , which Cyrus first and Cambyses after him had conquered, was subject to him, except the Arabians; these did not yield as of slaves to the Persians, but were united to them by friendship, having given Cambyses passage into Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , which the Persians could not enter without the consent of the Arabians.
[2]
Darius took wives from the noblest houses of
Iran [53,32] (nation), Asia
Persia
, marrying
Cyrus' daughters
Atossa and
Artystone;
Atossa had been a wife of her brother
Cambyses and afterwards of the
Magus;
Artystone was a virgin.
[3] He also married a daughter of
Cyrus' son
Smerdis, whose name was
Parmys, and the daughter of
Otanes who had discovered the truth about the
Magus; and everything was full of his power. First he made and set up a carved stone, upon which was cut the figure of a horseman, with this inscription: “
Darius son of
Hystaspes, aided by the excellence of his horse” (here followed the horse's name) “and of
Oebares his groom, got possession of the kingdom of
Iran [53,32] (nation), Asia
Persia
.”
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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