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An Extract from Herodotus (iv. 91)
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Τεάρου ποταμοῦ κεφαλαὶ ὕδωρ ἄριστόν τε καὶ κάλλιστον παρέχονται πάντων ποταμῶν καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὰς ἀπίκετο ἐλαύνων ἐπὶ Σκύθας στρατὸν ἀνήρ κάλλιστος καὶ ἄριστος πάντων ἀνθρώπων Δαρεῖος ὁ Ὑστάσπεος, Περσέων τε καὶ πάσης τῆς ἠπείρου βασιλεύς.
— Paton edition
The sources of the river Tearus supply the best
— Paton edition
and most beautiful water of any river, and to these
came, leading his army against Sardis, the most
beautiful and best of all men, Darius, son of Hystas-
pes, king of Persia and all the continent.
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