 When the six gathered, Oebares placed his hands beside the nostrils of Darius' horse, who became excited at the scent and neighed.This was followed by lightning and thunder, leading the others to dismount and kneel before Darius in recognition of his apparent divine providence.In this account, Darius himself claimed that he achieved the throne not through fraud, but cunning, even erecting a statue of himself mounted on his neighing horse with the inscription