§7.105.1ὃ μὲν δὴ ταῦτα ἀμείψατο, Ξέρξης δὲ ἐς γέλωτά τε ἔτρεψε καὶ οὐκ ἐποιήσατο ὀργὴν οὐδεμίαν, ἀλλʼ ἠπίως αὐτὸν ἀπεπέμψατο. τούτῳ δὲ ἐς λόγους ἐλθὼν Ξέρξης, καὶ ὕπαρχον ἐν τῷ Δορίσκῳ τούτῳ καταστήσας Μασκάμην τὸν Μεγαδόστεω, τὸν δὲ ὑπὸ Δαρείου σταθέντα καταπαύσας, ἐξήλαυνε τὸν στρατὸν διὰ τῆς Θρηίκης ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
He indeed answered thus, but Xerxes turned it into laughter and showed no anger at all, but dismissed him kindly. Having entered into conversation with him, Xerxes, after appointing Mascames, son of Megadostes, as governor in this Doriscus, and dismissing the one who had been established by Darius, marched his army through Thrace against Greece. He indeed answered thus, but Xerxes turned it into laughter and showed no anger at all, but dismissed him kindly. Having entered into conversation with him, Xerxes, after appointing Mascames, son of Megadostes, as governor in this Doriscus, and dismissing the one who had been established by Darius, marched his army through Thrace against Greece.