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polls today. Thanks everyone. Good evening. Tonight I'll be reading chapters 35 to 38 of stories of

Greece by Mary McGregor. So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften. As we settle in,

four peaceful nights sleep. Chapter 35 The Bridge of Boats

Along the western shore of Asia, there were many Greek colonies. One of these was called

Ironia, and the chief city of the Ironian state was Miletus.

The Greeks who lived in these colonies owned, often against their will, the King of Persia as their

overlord. In time of war, they were forced to fight for him. In 521 BC, a great monarch named

Darius became King of Persia. He added many kingdoms to his dominions during the first nine years

of his reign. In 512 BC, he determined to conquer Greece and add it also to his possessions.

So he assembled the great army and crossed the Bosphorus, but instead of going west to Thessaly,

which lies in the north-east of Greece. Darius turned first toward the north and crossing the

Balkans. He reached the river Danube. Beyond the river lay a wild and desolate country,

the home of the Scythians, who wandered up and down the land, settling now here, now there,

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