HERODOTUS ON ECBATANA

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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Aboo…

One major city in the Persian Empire that Herodotus describes, and which might have had a bearing on Plato’s description of Atlantis-ville, was Ecbatana (modern Hamadan in Iran). This link takes you a translation of the description of the city, which starts at Herodotus 1.98.2.

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Monday, March 6, 2017

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Ancient history, Classical art & archaeology, Classical Greek literature, Greek art & archaeology

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