Histories

He said this because he desired adventures and wanted to be governor of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. Finally he worked on Xerxes and persuaded him to do this, and other things happened that helped him to persuade Xerxes.

Messengers came from +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly from the Aleuadae (who were princes of +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly) and invited the king into Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas with all earnestness; the Pisistratidae who had come up to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa used the same pleas as the Aleuadae, offering Xerxes even more than they did.

They had come up to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis with Onomacritus, an Athenian diviner[*](The word sometimes means “a diviner”; here, probably, rather a “selecter and publisher” of existing oracles, by recitation or otherwise.) who had set in order the oracles of Musaeus. They had reconciled their previous hostility with him; Onomacritus had been banished from Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens by Pisistratus' son Hipparchus, when he was caught by Lasus [*](A poet and musician, Pindar's teacher.) of +Hermione [23.2583,37.3833] (Perseus) Hermione in the act of interpolating into the writings of Musaeus an oracle showing that the islands off +Lemnos [25.25,39.916] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Lemnos would disappear into the sea.

Because of this Hipparchus banished him, though they had previously been close friends. Now he had arrived at Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa with the Pisistratidae, and whenever he came into the king's presence they used lofty words concerning him and he recited from his oracles; all that portended disaster to the Persian he left unspoken, choosing and reciting such prophecies as were most favorable, telling how the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont must be bridged by a man of Iran [53,32] (nation), AsiaPersia and describing the expedition.

So he brought his oracles to bear, while the Pisistratidae and Aleuadae gave their opinions.