and then when he was about to be impaled by order of king Xerxes for this offence, the mother of Sataspes, who was a sister of Dareios, entreated for his life, saying that she would herself lay upon him a greater penalty than Xerxes; for he should be compelled (she said) to sail round Libya, until in sailing round it he came to the Arabian gulf.
arrazoi honengatik Xerxes erregearen aginduz hesolaratua izatear zegoela, Sataspesen amak, Darioren arreba izanik, otoi egin zion, hark baino zigor handiagoa ezarriko ziola berak esanez;