Xerxes I (c518-465BC), orders the Hellespont to be whipped three hundred times. By Donn Philip Crane (1878-1944). According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Xerxes's first attempt to bridge the Hellespont, as part of his invasion of the Greek mainland, ended in failure when a storm destroyed the flax and papyrus cables of the bridges. In retaliation, Xerxes ordered the Hellespont whipped three hundred times, and had fetters thrown into the water. Xerxes's second attempt to bridge the Hellespont was successful.

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