Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Persia” in book 3, chapter 72, section 3 of Herodotus, The Histories:
...here is no one who will not allow us to pass, from respect or from fear, because of who we are; and further, I have myself the best pretext for entering, for I shall say that I have just arrived from Persia and have a message for the king from my father.
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