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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 1, chapter 153 (search)
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 3, chapter 62 (search)
So this proclamation was made everywhere. The herald appointed to go to Egypt, finding Cambyses and his army at Ecbatana in Syria, came out before them all and proclaimed the message given him by the Magus.
When Cambyses heard what the herald said, he supposed that it was the truth, and that Prexaspes, when sent to kill Smerdis, had not done it but had played Cambyses false; and he said, fixing his eyes on Prexaspes, “Is it thus, Prexaspes, that you carried out my instructions?”
“No,” said Prexaspes, “this is not true, sire, that your brother Smerdis has rebelled against you; he cannot have any quarrel with you, small or great; I myself did as you instructed, and I buried him with my own hands.
If then the dead can rise, you may expect to see Astyages the Mede rise up against you; but if things are as usual, assuredly no harm to you will arise from Smerdis. Now then this is my opinion, that we pursue this herald and interrogate him, to learn from whom he comes with his proclamatio
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 3, chapter 64 (search)
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 3, chapter 92 (search)
From Babylon and the rest of Assyria came to Darius a thousand talents of silver and five hundred castrated boys; this was the ninth province; Ecbatana and the rest of Media, with the Paricanians and Orthocorybantians, paid four hundred and fifty talents, and was the tenth province.
The eleventh comprised the Caspii, Pausicae, Pantimathi, and Daritae, paying jointly two hundred;
Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 46 (search)
Xenophon, Cyropaedia (ed. Walter Miller), Book 8, chapter 6 (search)