Histories

Then, when I have done this to your satisfaction, I swear by the gods of your royal house[*](Cp. Hdt. 3.65. In the inscription at Persepolis Darius invokes Ormazd and the “gods of his race.”) that I will not take off the tunic I am wearing on my arrival in Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia until I have made Sardo,[*]( +Sardinia [9,40] (region), Italy, Europe Sardinia) the largest of the islands, tributary to you.”