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Thus Xerxes did this. He assigned the Phoenicians and Egyptians to make ropes of papyrus and white flax for the bridges, 1 and to store provisions for his army, so that neither the army nor the beasts of burden would starve on the march to Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas.
Thus Xerxes did this. He assigned the Phoenicians and Egyptians to make ropes of papyrus and white flax for the bridges, 1 and to store provisions for his army, so that neither the army nor the beasts of burden would starve on the march to Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas.
[2] After making inquiry, he ordered them to store it in the most fitting places, carrying it to the various places from all parts of
Asia (continent)Asia in cargo ships and transports. They brought most of it to the
White Headland (as it is called) in
Thrace (region (general)), EuropeThrace; some were dispatched to
Tyrodiza in the
Perinthian country or to
Doriscus, others to
Eion on the
Strymon or to
Macedonia (region (general)), EuropeMacedonia.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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