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>Xerxes ordered his men to whip the sea and have shackles

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2016-11-19 11:02:53 Post No. 1974476
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:02:53 Post No. 1974476 [Report]
>Xerxes ordered his men to whip the sea and have shackles sunk down
Was he insane?
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:05:32 Post No.1974482
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:05:32 Post No.1974482 [Report]
Xerxes was a propagandist. Plus, you can't really trust what Herodotus says; it is meant to signify the hubris, not insanity, of the monarch, in that this act means that not even the gods are superior to the king of kings
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:08:03 Post No.1974489
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:08:03 Post No.1974489 [Report]
>>1974476
>Was he insane?

just a typical middle easterner
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:08:46 Post No.1974491
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:08:46 Post No.1974491 [Report]
>>1974476
He was a God, and the God of the Sea needed to be told who's the boss of this Hellespont.
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:11:31 Post No.1974496
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:11:31 Post No.1974496 [Report]
>>1974491
But he ended up losing at sea
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:16:55 Post No.1974503
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Anonymous 2016-11-19 11:16:55 Post No.1974503 [Report]
>>1974496
What does that have to do with whether he was insane or not?
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