. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . ed the ruins I was particularly struck with the extraordinary height ofthis mound, which appears to Imve con-stituted the fort of the city. By a Ioughcalculation with the sextant, I foundthe height of the lower platform to bebetween 80 and 90 feet, and that of th
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . ed the ruins I was particularly struck with the extraordinary height ofthis mound, which appears to Imve con-stituted the fort of the city. By a Ioughcalculation with the sextant, I foundthe height of the lower platform to bebetween 80 and 90 feet, and that of thegreat mound to be about 165 feet. Theplatform, which is square, I estimatedto measure two miles and a half; themound, which I paced, measured 1100yards round the base, and 850 roundthe summit. The slope is very steep—so steep, indeed, as only to admit ofascent by two pathways. (Notes on aMarch from Zohab to Khuzistan, Journalof Geogiaph. Society, vol. ix. part i. ) Lieutenant Glascott found theheight of the gieat mound or trueacropolis to be 119 feet, and the cir-cumference of the summit 2850 feet(Loftuss Chaldaea, p. 343). The sub-joined representation of the mound ietaken from the work of Col. Chesney(Euphrat. Exped. vol. ii. p. 356). Thegreat strength of the Susian acropolisappears from Poly bins (v. 48, § 14). V-^. 386 PH^DIMA AND HER FATHER. Book III. therefore, as his suspicions were aroused he adopted the follow-ing measures:—One of his daughters, who was called Plucdima,had been married to Cambyses, and was taken to wife, togetherwith the rest of Cambyses wives, by the Magus, To thisdaughter Otanes sent a message, and inquired of her who itwas whose bed she shared,—was it Smerdis the son of Cyrus, orwas it some other man ? Phaedima in reply declared she didnot know—Smerdis the son of Cyrus she had never seen, andso she could not tell whose bed she shared. Upon this Otanessent a second time, and said, If thou dost not know Smerdisson of Cyrus thyself, ask
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