Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Oroetes' slaves and other possessions were brought to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa. Not long after this, it happened that Darius twisted his foot in dismounting from his horse while hunting

so violently that the ball of the ankle joint was dislocated from its socket. Darius called in the best physicians of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, whom he had until now kept near his person. But by violently twisting the foot they made the injury worse;