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Headword: *tw/muris
Adler number: tau,860
Translated headword: Tomyris
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Queen of the Massagetai. Cyrus, king of the Persians, wooed her, but when he had made no progress with her by deceit he marched to the [river] Araxes and brought his military intent out into the open.
Greek Original:
*tw/muris, basi/leia *massagetw=n. h(\n mnw/menos o( *ku=ros, o( *persw=n basileu/s, w(/s oi( do/lw| ou) proexw/reen, e)la/sas e)pi\ to\n *)ara/cea e)poie/eto e)k tou= e)mfanou=s th\n stratei/an.
Note:
A repetition -- the result of spelling the name with omega rather than omicron -- of tau 757, q.v.
Keywords: biography; gender and sexuality; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 November 2001@05:00:16.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 5 November 2004@01:40:12.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 5 November 2004@02:53:45.
David Whitehead on 15 January 2014@03:22:57.
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