The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . es him-self, with most sumptuous feasts; and he offered to contributemoney toward the expense of the war. Xerxes asked the Persiansnear him who this Pythius was, and what riches he possessed, thathe made such an offer. They answered : O king, this is theperson who presented your father Darius with the golden plane-tree and the vine ; and he is now the richest man we know of inthe world, next to yourself Xerxes in surprise next askedPythius what was the amount of his wealth. He said : O king,as soon as I heard you were co
The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . es him-self, with most sumptuous feasts; and he offered to contributemoney toward the expense of the war. Xerxes asked the Persiansnear him who this Pythius was, and what riches he possessed, thathe made such an offer. They answered : O king, this is theperson who presented your father Darius with the golden plane-tree and the vine ; and he is now the richest man we know of inthe world, next to yourself Xerxes in surprise next askedPythius what was the amount of his wealth. He said : O king,as soon as I heard you were coming down to the Grecian sea,wishing to present you with money for the war, I made inquiry,and found by computation that I had two thousand talents of silver,and of gold four millions of Doric staters, lacking seven I freely give you ; for myself I have sufficient subsistencefrom my slaves and lands. Xerxes, delighted with his offer,replied : My Lydian friend, since I left the Persian country Ihave met with no man to the present moment who was willing to. 268 HERODOTUS. entertain my army, or who, having come into my presence, hasvoluntarily offered to contribute money toward the war. But youhave entertained my army magnificently, and have offered me vastsums ; in return for this, I make you my friend. Keep what youhave acquired, and I will myself make up to you the seven thousandstaters which you lack of four millions. Be careful always to con-tinue such as you are, and you shall never repent hereafter. From Phrygia he entered Lydia, crossed the river Maeander,and passed by the city of Callatebus, in which confectioners makehoney with tamarisk and wheat. Xerxes, by the way, met with aplane-tree, which, on account of its beauty, he presented withgolden ornaments, and having committed it to the care of one ofthe Immortals, on the next day he arrived at Sardis, the capital ofthe Lydians. In the meanwhile those who were appointed had joinedthe Hellespont from Asia to
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