7.101 Then X. asked Demaratus (the former Spartan king) if the Greeks wd dare face his host: X didn’t think they stood a chance against him. | |
Posted on 02-14-18 | |
7.102 Demaratus said that the Spartans would fight Xerxes alone if they had to, even if they had only 1000 men against his entire army. | |
Posted on 02-15-18 | |
7.103 That's crazy, Xerxes said. How could they possibly fight against such numbers, and WHY would they, being free men and not compelled? | |
Posted on 02-16-18 | |
7.104 The Spartans are free, Demaratus said, but they do what the law bids, which is never to flee but to stand in line and conquer or die. | |
Posted on 02-17-18 | |
7.105 Xerxes dismissed Demaratus with a laugh. He made Mascames satrap in Doriscus. Then he and the rest marched off for Greece via Thrace. | |
Posted on 02-18-18 | |
7.106 Later, Xerxes regularly sent Mascames gifts. He was the only satrap the Greeks would fail to drive out of the area after the invasion. | |
Posted on 02-19-18 | |
7.107 Of the other satraps Xerxes honored only Boges, who killed his wife and kids and himself rather than surrender Eïon to the Athenians. | |
Posted on 02-20-18 | |
7.108 Xerxes marched from Doriscus toward Greece, forcing those en route--who had been conquered in previous invasions--to serve with him. | |
Posted on 02-21-18 | |
7.109 He passed various cities and lakes and rivers on the way. His pack animals drank dry a lake that was 3 1/3 miles in circumference. | |
Posted on 02-22-18 | |
7.110 He passed through various Thracian tribes, all of whom joined his forces under compulsion, except for the Satrae. | |
Posted on 02-23-18 | |
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