Postero die convocatos duces copiarum docet nullam infestiorem urbem Graecis esse quam regiam veterum Persidis regum; hinc illa immensa agmina infusa, hinc Dareum prius, dein Xerxem Europae impium intulisse bellum; excidio illius parentandum esse maioribus.
On the following day the king called together the leaders of his forces and informed them that no city was more mischievous to the Greeks than the seat of the ancient kings of Persia; it was from there that those huge armies had been poured into their country, from there first Darius, then Xerxes, had made godless war upon Europe; by its destruction they ought to offer sacrifice to the spirits of their forefathers.
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