Ch. 156
The picturesque details of this story (e. g. ἐπιστρεφόμενος, ὀλίγον
τι π. and others) mark the born narrator; it is interesting to compare
H.'s fulness here with the prcis-like brevity of his accounts of
manners and customs. But the Babylonian assembly (τὰ κοινά) is
a purely Greek detail.
Ch. 159
The destruction of the walls (cf. i. 178. 1 n.) explains the easy
success of Intaphrenes in suppressing the second revolt (u. s.).
[p. 302]
a)neskolo/pise. Darius, B. I. (ii. 13, 14), mentions this punishment
for the rebel leaders only.
Ch. 160
[sect. 1]
a)gaqoergi/hn. Xenophon (Cyr. i. 2. 1) for once is right in describing
the Persian esteem for Cyrus, who ᾄδεται ἔτι καὶ νῦν εἶδος κάλλιστος,
ψυχὴν φιλανθρωπότατος, φιλομαθέστατος, φιλοτιμότατος. Cf.
also c. 75.
ei)\kosi. Plutarch (Reg. Apoph. s.v. Δαρείου; Mor. 173) characteristically
exaggerates this to 100. Cf. iv. 143 for a similar compliment
to Megabyzus.
