Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

He came and sat on his throne, and present at his summons were the tyrants of all the peoples and the company leaders from the fleet. They sat according to the honor which the king had granted each of them, first the king of +Sidon [35.366,33.55] (inhabited place), Al-Janub, Lebanon, Asia Sidon, then the king of +Tyre [35.183,33.266] (inhabited place), Al-Janub, Lebanon, Asia Tyre, then the rest. When they sat in order one after another, Xerxes sent Mardonius to test each by asking if they should fight at sea.