crossedstaves t1_iuz0g5u wrote
Reply to comment by greybruce1980 in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Herodotus wasn't really into objectivity though, he did a lot to make a very moralizing point about hubris with Xerxes.
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