Herodotus' constitutional debate at 3.80–82 is set inside this event and is the earliest sustained Greek discussion of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy as alternatives.希罗多德 3.80–82 的政体之辩置于此事件之中，是希腊人最早就君主制、寡头制与民主制作为可选政体展开的持续讨论。
The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Herodotus — Histories （希罗多德·历史）primary source · 源典6 loci · attested
§ 3.120–125 · 6/6 in the cited books
Hdt. 3.61–88 — the false Smerdis, Otanes' detection, the conspiracy of the seven, the debate on constitutions (3.80–82), and Darius declared king希罗多德 3.61–88——伪斯梅尔迪斯、奥塔涅斯识破其伪、七人共谋、政体之辩（3.80–82），大流士遂立为王
Josephus — Works (Antiquities · Wars · Apion · Life) （约瑟夫斯·著作（古史·战争·驳阿庇翁·自传））dated witness · 系年见证11 loci · attested
§ 11.3–4
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处：「源典」为校订之正典见证（编辑判断）；「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得，附匹配条目数；稀少者或含偶涉。
On the timeline时间轴上
→ See this and all 18 historians on the chronology spine于编年脊柱上一览本事件与全部 18 位史家