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Book III Content
Cambyses's (son of Cyrus and king of Persia) attack on Egypt, and the defeat of the Egyptian king Psammenitus
Cambyses's abortive attack on Ethiopia
The madness of Cambyses
The good fortune of Polycrates king of Samos
Periander, the king of Corinth and Corcyra, and his obstinate son
The revolt of the two Magi in Persia and the death of Cambyses
The conspiracy of the seven to remove the Magi
The rise of Darius king of Persia
The twenty satrapies
The culture of India and their method of collecting gold
The culture of Arabia and their method of collecting spices
The flooded valley with five gates
Orœtes's (governor of Sardis) scheme against Polycrates
The physician Democêdes
The rise of Syloson governor of Samos
The revolt of Babylon and its defeat by the scheme of Zopyrus
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