"he did not for a moment suppose that cyrus after a battle would advance on sardis"
HDT80 = leader, tolerant
"adopt a suggestion of harpagus, one of the medes"
outcome of conquest of lydia on persians
gained many riches and allies and cyrus to mercy on croesus
outcome of conquest of lydia on ionian greeks (lydia)
they still had a leader croesus but lost loads of riches and army was depleted but stayed allies with persians
where is Herodotus from
Halikarnassus
croesus' allies
aegen islands, lesbos, chios, samos
which direction does croesus try and conquer
east - towards persians (Cyrus)
how much money did croesus have ?
870 lbs of gold
HDT1.53
"if croesus attacked the persians, he would destroy a great empire"
capital of lydia
Sardis
HDT1.115 wise, confident
"they made me king, because they thought i was best to hold office... he took no notice of me until he was punished
HDT 1.115 noble
"if i deserve to suffer for it i am ready
HDT 1.120 leader
"did everything real kings do "
HDT1.114 ruthless, father like son
"beat him savagely with a whip"
HDT1.120 protected by fate, born leader
"touched by destiny"
Ethnography
writing about a race, ethnically diverse
fragmentry
pieces missing
river flowing into babylon
euphrates
HDT 1.178
babylonlies in a wide plain, a vast city the size of a square with sides nearly fourteen miles long and a circuit of some fifty-six miles, ... it surpasses in splendour any city of the known world
HDT 1.178
A turning point in history, persians gained the levant lands as well, cyrus liberated babylon
gateway into babylon
Ishtar
why is cyrus invited into babylon
nabonidus is a tyrant and not religiously tolerant (marduk)
new persian capital ?
Pasargadae
CC11 divine mandate to rule
"hetookhimbythehand"
CC19 good leader, religiously tolerant
"they joyfully celebrated him and honoured his name"