A similar story appears in Herodotus, Book 2, Chapter 2, but here the ruler is the Egyptian king Psammetichus, and the children survive: http://www.perseus.tuft

A similar story appears in Herodotus, Book 2, Chapter 2, but here the ruler is the Egyptian king Psammetichus, and the children survive: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D1 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...