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Ægina affirm afterwards Amasis amongst ancient animals appears Argives Aristagoras army arrived Asia assert Astyages Athenæus Athenians Athens authority Barbarians battle betwixt body called Cambyses celebrated Cleomenes commanded conduct Croesus cubits custom Cyrus Darius daughter death deity Delphi Demaratus Diodorus Siculus divine Egypt Egyptians enemy engaged esteemed expedition father favour fleet gold Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont Hercules Herodotus Homer honour horse hundred informed inhabitants Ionians island Jupiter king Lacedæmonians land Larcher Libya Lydians manner Mardonius Medes mentioned Milesians Miletus Minerva nations Nile observed occasion opinion oracle particular passage passed Pausanias Peloponnese Persians person Phenicians Phoceans Pliny Plutarch possessed present priests prince reader reign remarkable replied river sacred sacrifice Salamis Samians Samos Sardis says Scythians seems sent soon Sparta Spartans speak stadia Strabo temple Thebes Themistocles thing thousand tion troops vessels whilst women Xerxes