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The Medes in the army were equipped like the Persians; indeed, that fashion of armor is Median, not Persian. Their commander was Tigranes, an Achaemenid. The Medes were formerly called by everyone Arians, 1 but when the Colchian woman Medea came from Athens [23.733,38] (inhabited place), Perifereia Protevousis, Greece, EuropeAthens to the Arians they changed their name, like the Persians. This is the Medes' own account of themselves.
The Medes in the army were equipped like the Persians; indeed, that fashion of armor is Median, not Persian. Their commander was Tigranes, an Achaemenid. The Medes were formerly called by everyone Arians, 1 but when the Colchian woman Medea came from Athens [23.733,38] (inhabited place), Perifereia Protevousis, Greece, EuropeAthens to the Arians they changed their name, like the Persians. This is the Medes' own account of themselves.
[2] The
Cissians in the army were equipped like the
Persians, but they wore turbans instead of caps. Their commander was
Anaphes son of
Otanes. The
Hyrcanians
2
were armed like the
Persians; their leader was
Megapanus, who was afterwards the governor of
Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, AsiaBabylon.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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