Histories

Herodotus

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

After being persuaded to send an expedition against Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, Xerxes first marched against the rebels in the year after Darius death. He subdued them and laid Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt under a much harder slavery than in the time of Darius, and he handed it over to Achaemenes, his own brother and Darius' son. While governing Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, this Achaemenes was at a later time[*](In 460; cp. Hdt. 3.15.) slain by a Libyan, Inaros son of Psammetichus.