Note 217 — Chapter XX · RELIGION.—WORSHIP, SACRIFICES, ETC.
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According to Herodotus, i. 212, Tomyres, queen of the Massagetæ, whose son had been taken prisoner by Cyrus, sends to him the following message:—“Restore my son; depart out of the country, unpunished.... But if you do not do this, I swear by the sun, the Lord of the Massagetæ, that insatiable as you are, I will glut you with blood.”