Amestris, the mother of Xerxes, being grown old, caused at once fourteen young men, of the best families of Persia, to be buried alive, according to the religion of the country, to gratify some infernal deity.
Amestris, Xerxesen amak, zaharturik, behin batez bizirik ehortzarazi zituen hamalau mutiko, Persiako etxe hoberenetakoak, herriko erlijioari jarraikiz, lurpeko jainkoren baten eskertzeko.