The Histories · 7.116

Then when he had come to Acanthos, Xerxes proclaimed a guest-friendship with the people of Acanthos and also presented them with the Median dress and commended them, perceiving that they were zealous to serve him in the war and hearing of that which had been dug.

Herodotus of Halicarnassus · trans. G. C. Macaulay, 1890
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