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As time went on, however, the truth came to light, and in such manner as I will show. Xerxes' wife, Amestris, wove and gave to him a great gaily-colored mantle, marvellous to see. Xerxes was pleased with it, and went to Artaynte wearing it.
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Being pleased with her too, he asked her what she wanted in return for her favors, for he would deny nothing at her asking. Thereupon—for she and all her house were doomed to evil—she said to Xerxes, “Will you give me whatever I ask of you?” He promised this, supposing that she would ask anything but that; when he had sworn, she asked boldly for his mantle.
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Xerxes tried to refuse her, for no reason except that he feared that Amestris might have clear proof of his doing what she already guessed. He accordingly offered her cities instead and gold in abundance and an army for none but herself to command. Armies are the most suitable of gifts in Persia. But as he could not move her, he gave her the mantle; and she, rejoicing greatly in the gift, went flaunting her finery.
Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
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- LSJ, ἀδεής
- LSJ, ἀγάλλω
- LSJ, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ,
- LSJ, δεῖ
- LSJ, δίδωμι
- LSJ, ἐξυ^φ-αίνω
- LSJ, ἐφευρ-ίσκω
- LSJ, φᾶρος
- LSJ, γάρ
- LSJ, κατεικάζω
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