The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“Darius received him near sunset. The king read the missing clause twice and asked whether Mitradata accused a governor of lying. 'I accuse the document,' he said. 'The governor may explain how the lie entered it.'”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Darius's inscriptions strongly associate kingship with Ahura Mazda and truth, but exact editorial processes are only partially known.
The disputed decree and Mitradata's court correction are fictional.