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Here too a Thracian chieftain, king of the Bisaltians and of
Crestonia, did a deed which went beyond nature. He had refused to
become the willing slave of Xerxes, and had fled before him into the
heights of Rhodope, at the same time forbidding his sons to take part
in the expedition against Greece. But they, either because they
cared little for his orders, or because they wished greatly to see the
war, joined the army of Xerxes. At this time they had all returned
home to him - the number of the men was six - quite safe and sound.
But their father took them, and punished their offence by plucking out
their eyes from the sockets. Such was the treatment which these men received.
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