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Xerxes, thus completely master of Athens, despatched a horseman to
Susa, with a message to Artabanus, informing him of his success
hitherto. The day after, he collected together all the Athenian
exiles who had come into Greece in his train, and bade them go up into
the citadel, and there offer sacrifice after their own fashion. I
know not whether he had had a dream which made him give this order, or
whether he felt some remorse on account of having set the temple on
fire. However this may have been, the exiles were not slow to obey
the command given them.
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