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Sayings of Kings and Commanders (5.1)

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Ariamenes, the brother of Xerxes son of Darius, was on his way down from the Bactrian country to contest Xerxes right to the kingdom. Xerxes accordingly sent him gifts, bidding those who offered them to say, With these gifts Xerxes your brother now honours you; and if he be proclaimed king, you

shall be the highest at his court. When Xerxes was designated as the king, Ariamenes at once paid homage to him, and placed the crown upon his brothers head, and Xerxes gave him a rank second only to himself. [*]

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