![]() ![]() At first, he does not wish to fight with Athens, but Mardonios convinces him with a variety of different arguments, as well as a number of delegations hostile to Athens influence his decision. While amassing troops for war, Darius dies and Xerxes takes over kingship. To top it all off, his sons are now quarrelling to detemine his heir and Darius finally chooses the older son, Xerxes, born to his second wife, as he was the first son born while Darius was king. And now the pesky Egyptians have revolted so Darius prepares to wage war against both Egypt and Athens. Yes, Darius is irritated, but Darius always seems to be irritated about something. ![]() “When the report of the battle of Marathon reached Darius, son of Hystapes, who had already been thoroughly exasperated by the Athenians’ attack on Sardis, he now reacted with a much more intense fury and became even more determined to make war on Hellas than he had been before.” ![]()
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