Mashoko Emuzasi
d Xerxes I aizivikanwa semunhu asinganzwisisiki pake chaipo uye aiva nehasha. Munyori wenhoroondo dzekare wechiGiriki Herodotus akanyora mimwe mienzaniso yehondo dzaXerxes dzaakarwa neGirisi. Mambo uyu akarayira kuti pagadzirwe zambuko paHellespont. Zambuko racho parakaparadzwa nedutu, Xerxes akarayira kuti vavaki vacho vagurwe misoro uye akatoita kuti varume vake “varange” Hellespont nokurova mvura yacho nezvihwepu mashoko okutuka achiverengwa zvinonzwika. Izvi pazvaiitika, mumwe murume aiva mbozha paakakumbira kuti mwanakomana wake asapinda muchiuto, Xerxes akaita kuti mwana wacho agurwe nepakati, mutumbi wake ndokuiswa pachena seyambiro kune vamwe.