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He told Oebazus that the request was so very modest and considerate that he would grant more than he asked. He would allow all three of his sons to remain with him. Oebazus retired from the king's presence overjoyed at the thought that his family was not to be separated at all.
Advice of Artabanus. Emissaries sent forward. The petition of Oebazus. Darius's wanton cruelty. Place of rendezvous. The fleet of galleys. Darius's march through Asia Minor. Monuments. Arrival at the Bosporus. The bridge of boats. Reward of Mandrocles. The group of statuary. The Cyanean Islands. Darius makes an excursion to them. The two monuments. Inscriptions on them.
It was even dangerous to ask for exemption. As an instance of this, it is said that there was a Persian named Oebazus, who had three sons that had been drafted into the army. Oebazus, desirous of not being left wholly alone in his old age, made a request to the king that he would allow one of the sons to remain at home with his father. Darius appeared to receive this petition favorably.
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