[329] That this point of view should not be noticed in Herodotus, may appear singular, when we read his story (vi, 86) about the Milesian Glaukus, and the judgment that overtook him for having tested the oracle; but it is put forward by Xenophon as constituting part of the guilt of Crœsus (Cyropæd. vii, 2, 17).
[330] Herodot. i, 47-50.
[331] Herodot. i, 52-54.
[332] Herodot. i, 55.
[333] Herodot. i, 67-70.
[334] Herodot. i, 77.
[335] Herodot. i, 83.
[336] The story about the successful employment of the camels appears also in Xenophon, Cyropæd. vii, 1, 47.
[337] Herodot. i, 84.
[338] Compare Herodot. i, 84-87, and Ktêsias, Persica, c. 4; which latter seems to have been copied by Polyænus, vii, 6, 10.