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This man, Mascames, whom he left behind him, was a person of such
merit that gifts were sent him yearly by the king as a special favour,
because he excelled all the other governors that had been appointed
either by Xerxes or by Darius. In like manner, Artaxerxes, the
son of Xerxes, sent gifts yearly to the descendants of Mascames.
Persian governors had been established in Thrace and about the
Hellespont before the march of Xerxes began; but these persons,
after the expedition was over, were all driven from their towns by the
Greeks, except the governor of Doriscus: no one succeeded in driving
out Mascames, though many made the attempt. For this reason the
gifts are sent him every year by the king who reigns over the Persians.
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