all the occasions on which he had in any way departed from the regular customs were passed in review, and it was remembered that he had taken upon himself to have inscribed on the tripod at Delphi, which was dedicated by the Hellenes as the first-fruits of the spoil of the Medes, the following couplet:
Haren beste berezitasunei dagokienez, ahaleginez aztertzen ari ziren ea ezarritako arauez kanpo inoiz jokatu zuen, baita behin hark Heleniarrek pertsiarrei kendutako harrapakinaren hasikin gisa Delfosen eskainitako tripodean bere kabuz honako distiko hau idaztea erabaki izana ere: