Herodotus's History Xerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and
likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own ... while at the same time
we obtain satisfaction and revenge My intent is to... march an army through Europe against
Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them
against the Persians and against my father.”
-Herodotus
The Persian Wars, Book VII
If Xerxes' plan is successful, what will he gain?
a. possession of a rich land
b. satisfaction and revenge
C. glory
d. all of the above