After this king Darius took Samos before all other cities, whether of Hellenes or Barbarians, and for a cause which was as follows . . .
Expedition to Scout out the Greeks Begins
Darius made answer: "Woman, since it seems good to thee that we should first make trial of Hellas, I think it better to send first to them men of the
Darius Is Cured
"King Darius commands the Persians who are in Sardis to slay Oroites."Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the
Oroites Must Die
Having seen this vision, she used every kind of endeavor to dissuade Polycrates from leaving his land to go to Oroites, and besides that, as he was
Why Intaphrenes Was Executed
To Darius then it seemed that the woman had spoken well, and he let go not only him for whose life she asked, but also the eldest of her sons because
India Reacts to the Events in Persia
. . . and the sand which is brought up contains gold. To obtain this sand the Indians make expeditions into the desert, each one having yoked together
Persia’s Provinces Pay Tribute to Their New Ruler
. . . the Persian land alone has not been mentioned by me as paying a contribution, for the Persians have their land to dwell in free from
Another Version of How Darius Became Emperor
Having so done in Persia, he established twenty provinces, which the Persians themselves call satrapies . . . .Translated by George C. Macaulay
Darius, the New Persian Emperor
Then Darius said: "If then thou hast any such trick, it is time to devise it and not to put things off, for our trial is to-morrow."Translated