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Headword:
*ku=ros
Adler number: kappa,2778
Translated headword: Kyros, Cyrus, Kurush
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Note] that "because of the assessment of tribute, the Persians used to say that Dareios was a shop-keeper, Kambyses a master, and Kyros a father. The first, because he merchandised all things; the second, because he was harsh and arrogant; and the last, because he was kind and contrived good things for them."[1]
Greek Original:*ku=ros: o(/ti dia\ th\n e)pi/tacin tou= fo/rou e)/legon oi( *pe/rsai, w(s *darei=os me\n h)=n ka/phlos, *kambu/shs de\ despo/ths, *ku=ros de\ path/r. o( me/n, o(/ti e)kaph/leue pa/nta ta\ prh/gmata: o( de\ xalepo/s te h)=n kai\ o)li/gwros: o( de/, o(/ti h)/pio/s te kai\ a)gaqa/ sfi ta\ e)mhxanh/sato.
Notes:
[1] A reasonably accurate quotation of
Herodotus 3.89.3: see web address 1.
Kurush (Old Persian) -- Kyros to the Greeks (cf.
kappa 2777) -- was the founder of the Persian empire and reigned c. 559 to 530 BCE. His son Kambujiya, or Kambyses (see also under
kappa 2777), reigned from 530 to 522, and the usurper Darayavaush, Dareios I (
delta 72,
delta 73), who according to
Herodotus first imposed tribute on the empire, from 522 to 486.
Pierre Briant, Histoire de l'Empire Perse de Cyrus à Alexandre (Paris 1996), is the standard work on the Old Persian Empire.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; economics; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: John Hyland on 9 May 2000@18:58:50.
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