Cook_0612 t1_iuwps94 wrote on November 3, 2022 at 3:58 PM Reply to TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain Seems highly apocryphal given Herodotus's other exaggerations. Permalink 0
Cook_0612 t1_iud43hj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:45 PM Reply to Bryan Fuller Says Accusing ‘Hannibal’ of Queerbaiting Is ‘Cynical’ by i_love_anachronisms Whole show is cynical. Permalink 0
Cook_0612 t1_iuwps94 wrote
Reply to TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Seems highly apocryphal given Herodotus's other exaggerations.