[487] Herod. 7, 2, 97; 8, 89. Herodotus (7, 68) calls Arsamenes the son of Darius, and (7, 69) Arsames the son of Darius and Artystone. Artabazanes is called by Justin (2, 10) Artamenes.
[488] Herod. 7, 224; Justin, 2, 10.
[489] Diod. 17, 77; Athenaeus, p. 557.
[490] Esther ii. 7-17; v. 2; viii. 4.
[491] Deinon in Athenaeus, p. 557.
[492] Heracl. Cum. fragm. 1, ed. Müller; Plut. "Artax." c. 27.
[493] Plut. "Artax." 5.
[494] Xenoph. "Cyri Inst." 7, 5, 58.
[495] Xenoph. "Cyri Inst." 8, 1, 9; 8, 8, 20; Plut. "Artax." c. 19; Nicol. Damasc. fragm. 66, ed. Müller. On the physicians, above, p. 134, 313.
[496] Herod. (1, 188) ascribes this custom to Cyrus, though the reference to Susa which he adds shows that it can only have come into existence after Susa became a residence.