Panthea Wife of Abradates Stabs herself
by Edward Francis Burney
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Panthea Wife of Abradates Stabs herself
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Edward Francis Burney
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Drawing - Pen And Brown Ink, Brush And Grey Wash
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Abradatas was a king of Susa, according to Xenophon's biography of Cyrus the Great. Abradatas was an ally of the Assyrians against Cyrus the Great . His wife Pantheia was taken by Cyrus on the conquest of the Assyrian camp, while Abradatas was absent on a mission to the Bactrians. In consequence of the honorable treatment which his wife received from Cyrus, he was persuaded to join the latter with his forces. He fell in battle, while fighting against the army of Croesus, during the conquest of Lydia in 547 BC. Inconsolable at his loss, Pantheia committed suicide
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