 In Herodotus' "Histories", he comments that while Masistes was fighting, his brother, king Xerxes, seduced Masistes' wife (see below).Masistes is one of the main characters in a bloody episode in Herodotus' "Histories" (IX 108-110).Herodotus relates that, after his defeat in Greece, Xerxes fell in love with the wife of Masistes, but failed in all attempts to win her favour.