These being not of the same mother were at strife with one another, Artobazanes contending that he was the eldest of all the sons, and that it was a custom maintained by all men that the eldest should have the rule, and Xerxes arguing that he was the son of Atossa the daughter of Cyrus, and that Cyrus was he who had won for the Persians their freedom.
Artobazanesek Darion haur guztietatik zaharrena bera zela eta zaharrena agintera heltzea nonahi onarturiko ohitura zela zerabilen bere erreklamazioa oinarritzeko; Xerxesek, ordea, bera Atosa Zyroren alabaren seme zela eta persiarren askatasuna lortu zuena Zyro zela.