Histories

Herodotus

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

When the first message came to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa, saying that Xerxes had taken Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens, it gave such delight to the Persians who were left at home that they strewed all the roads with myrtle boughs and burnt incense and gave themselves up to sacrificial feasts and jollity.