Itaque suppliciorum quoque metu perculsi, ad Sisigambim, Darei matrem, occulto itinere ignotoque hostibus mittunt, qui peterent ut ipsa regem mitigaret, haud ignari, parentis eam loco diligi colique.
Therefore alarmed by the fear of torture also, they sent men by a secret way, unknown to the enemy, to Sisigambis, the mother of Darius, to beg that she herself should appease the king, knowing, as they did, that she was loved and honoured by him as a mother.
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