. d. 97 (Dio Cass, lxvii. 15; 16), was one of the lesser poets of the time(Mart. v. 6, 2, ix. 50, 3). Parthenius (Uapdivios). 1. A mountain onthe frontiers of Argolis and Arcadia, throughwhich was an important pass leading frpmArgolis to Tegea. This pass is still called Par-theni, but the mountain itself, which rises tothe height of 3993 feet, bears the name of was on this mountain that Telephus, the sonof Heracles and Auge, was said to have beensuckled by a hind; and it was here also that thegod Pan is said to hav
. d. 97 (Dio Cass, lxvii. 15; 16), was one of the lesser poets of the time(Mart. v. 6, 2, ix. 50, 3). Parthenius (Uapdivios). 1. A mountain onthe frontiers of Argolis and Arcadia, throughwhich was an important pass leading frpmArgolis to Tegea. This pass is still called Par-theni, but the mountain itself, which rises tothe height of 3993 feet, bears the name of was on this mountain that Telephus, the sonof Heracles and Auge, was said to have beensuckled by a hind; and it was here also that thegod Pan is said to have appeared to Phidip-pides, the Athenian courier, shortly before thebattle of Marathon. (Hdt. vi. 105; Paus. i. 28,4, viii. 6, 4 ; Strab. p. 376.)—2. (also Hap64vris :Chati-Su or Bartan-Su), the chief river ofPa h] >: ?«>>-- in Mt. Olgasays and flows! NW. Hto the Euxiu«: ninety stadia V7. of Arna*-\ wis, forming in the lower pari of its coarse the boundary between Bitlwua ftbd PnpWa«roniai ill, ii. 854 : Ties. Th. 341; Htft. ii. 104 ;- Sta«b. time. The emperor Tiberiusand placed his works and silibraries along with the moswriters. Parthenius exerciifluence on the poets of thewho is said to have translaMoreticm from a poem oAmbros.)—and still more up PASAEGADA Pasargada or -ae (TlaiTapydSa, TlatrapydSai :Murghab), the older of the two capitals ofPersis (the other and later being Persepolis), issaid to have been founded by Cyrus the Great,on the spot where he gained his great victoryover Astyages (Strab. p. 730). The tomb ofCyrus stood here in the midst of a beautifulpark. Strabo describes it as lying in the hollowpart of Persis, on the river Cyrus, SE. of Perse-polis, and near the borders of Carmania ( c.; Arrian, vi. 29). It has been identified withthe great sepulchral monument at Murghab,NE. of Persepolis. [See p. 265, b.] Pasargadae (TlaaapydSai), the most noble ofthe three chief tribes of the ancient Persians,the other two being the Maraphii and Masp
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