Ξέρξης δὲ ἐπεὶ διέβη ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην , ἐθηεῖτο τὸν στρατὸν ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνοντα · διέβη δὲ ὁ στρατὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρῃσι καὶ ἐν ἑπτὰ εὐφρόνῃσι , ἐλινύσας οὐδένα χρόνον .
ἐνθαῦτα λέγεται , Ξέρξεω ἤδη διαβεβηκότος τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον , ἄνδρα εἰπεῖν Ἑλλησπόντιον ὦ Ζεῦ , τί δὴ ἀνδρὶ εἰδόμενος Πέρσῃ καὶ οὔνομα ἀντὶ Διὸς Ξέρξην θέμενος ἀνάστατον τὴν Ἑλλάδα θέλεις ποιῆσαι , ἄγων πάντας ἀνθρώπους ; καὶ γὰρ ἄνευ τούτων ἐξῆν τοι ποιέειν ταῦτα .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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