Book 7
5.3
This argument was for vengeance,Some take the Greek to mean “this argument was his helper”; but the statement seems rather pointless. but he kept adding that Europe (continent)Europe was an extremely beautiful land, one that bore all kinds of orchard trees, a land of highest excellence, worthy of no mortal master but the king.
6.1
He said this because he desired adventures and wanted to be governor of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. Finally he worked on Xerxes and persuaded him to do this, and other things happened that helped him to persuade Xerxes.
6.2
Messengers came from +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly from the Aleuadae (who were princes of +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly) and invited the king into Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas with all earnestness; the Pisistratidae who had come up to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa used the same pleas as the Aleuadae, offering Xerxes even more than they did.
