Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . 54. UAKLIUS 1. ON Ills TUKONK, HV SlliJKi I .NATIUNS, ( ) , (Note ihc Nc-yro in llic lower led-haiid turner. 364 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. tribes or clans, wlio were, in fact, the kings peers andenjoyed perfect equality with him, short only of thero^al power itself. They all wore the royal head-dress,—the tall kidaris or tiara ; they could enter theroyal presence at all times, unannounced ; they werethe kings companions and advisers by
Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . 54. UAKLIUS 1. ON Ills TUKONK, HV SlliJKi I .NATIUNS, ( ) , (Note ihc Nc-yro in llic lower led-haiid turner. 364 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. tribes or clans, wlio were, in fact, the kings peers andenjoyed perfect equality with him, short only of thero^al power itself. They all wore the royal head-dress,—the tall kidaris or tiara ; they could enter theroyal presence at all times, unannounced ; they werethe kings companions and advisers by right of birth,and it was only from their families he could choosehis first wife, his queen, as it was into their familiesthat he married his own sons and daughters, hisbrothers and sisters. On this ancient and sacredcustom Dareios built his simple plan. The heads ofthe seven tribes—he being one of them and theirleader—should present themselves at the palacegates, alone, without any followers; the pretendercould not possibly deny himself to them withoutviolating a fundamental law of the empire, and hewould, by so doing, arou
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