Histories

Herodotus

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

When Xerxes heard of this, he was very angry and commanded that the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont be whipped with three hundred lashes, and a pair of fetters be thrown into the sea. I have even heard that he sent branders with them to brand the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont.