With these sons he sent Hermotimus as guardian. This man was by birth of +Pedasa [27.3833,37.0333] (Perseus) Pedasa, and the most honored by Xerxes of all his eunuchs. The people of +Pedasa [27.3833,37.0333] (Perseus) Pedasa dwell above Bodrum [27.466,37.5] (inhabited place), Mugla Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Halicarnassus. The following thing happens among these people: when anything untoward is about to befall those who dwell about their city, the priestess of Athena then grows a great beard. This had already happened to them twice.