Soldiers of Cyrus tearing apart the army of Spargabise by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 17th C. CE
"Cyrus, having advanced a day's march from the river, did as Croesus had advised him, and, leaving the worthless portion of his army in the camp, drew off with his good troops towards the river. Soon afterwards, a detachment of the Massagetai, one-third of their entire army, led by Spargapises, son of the queen Tomyris, coming up, fell upon the body which had been left behind by Cyrus, and on their resistance put them to the sword. Then, seeing the banquet prepared, they sat down and began to feast. When they had eaten and drunk their fill, and were now sunk in sleep, the Persians under Cyrus arrived, slaughtered a great multitude, and made even a larger number prisoners. Among these last was Spargapises himself."
-Herodotus, The Histories, Book 1.211
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| Soldiers of Cyrus tearing apart the army of Spargabise by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 17th C. CE. Plate: 4 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches (10.9 x 12.2 cm) Sheet: 4 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (11.1 x 12.5 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
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