Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Persia” in book 3, chapter 74, section 3 of Herodotus, The Histories:
...t" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"> When Prexaspes agreed to do this, since the Magi importuned him, the Magi made this second proposal to him, that they should call an assembly of all the Persia ns before the palace wall, and he should go up on to a tower and declare that it was Smerdis son of Cyrus and no other who was king of Persia.
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