Pasargadae

[ puh-sahr-guh-dee ]

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noun

an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.

Pasargadae

/ pæˈsɑːɡəˌdiː /

an ancient city in Persia, northeast of Persepolis in present-day Iran: built by Cyrus the Great

To meet the costs of government and the army, Cyrus collected a large treasure, which he deposited in his palace at Pasargadae.

My old nurse, Stephanion, whom my father brought a captive from Sinope to Pasargadae.

Curtius tells us that 6,000 talents were captured at Pasargadae.

Meanwhile Cyrus and Oebares after a brave struggle had been compelled to retire to Pasargadae.

Defeated again and again, the Persians in their last refuge at Pasargadae are reduced to the greatest distress.

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