Histories

The Thebans who followed him were astonished to hear a strange language instead of Greek and knew not what this present matter might be. Mys of +Salahiyeh [40.716,34.75] (deserted settlement), Dayr az-Zawr, Syria, Asia Europus, however, snatched from them the tablet which they carried and wrote on it that which was spoken by the prophet, saying that the words of the oracle were Carian. After writing everything down, he went back to +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly.

Mardonius read whatever was said in the oracles, and presently he sent a messenger to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens, Alexander, a Macedonian, son of Amyntas. Him he sent, partly because the Persians were akin to him; Bubares, a Persian, had taken to wife Gygaea Alexander's sister and Amyntas' daughter, who had borne to him that Amyntas of Asia (continent)Asia who was called by the name of his mother's father, and to whom the king gave +Alabanda [28,37.6] (Perseus) Alabanda a great city in Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia for his dwelling. Partly too he sent him because he learned that Alexander was a protector and benefactor to the Athenians.