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Here his first care was to send off heralds into Greece, who were to
prefer a demand for earth and water, and to require that preparations
should be made everywhere to feast the king. To Athens indeed and to
Sparta he sent no such demand; but these cities excepted, his
messengers went everywhere. Now the reason why he sent for earth and
water to states which had already refused was this: he thought that
although they had refused when Darius made the demand, they would now
be too frightened to venture to say him nay. So he sent his heralds,
wishing to know for certain how it would be.
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