[573] We learn, from Curtius (viii. 3), that it was at this place that Clitus was murdered.
[574] These were a people dwelling to the north-east of the Caspian, who were chiefly remarkable for having defeated and killed Cyrus the Great. See Herodotus, i. 201-216.
[575] There were two other generals named Peithon; one the son of Agenor, and the other the son of Crateas. See Arrian, vi. 15, 28, etc.
[576] Curtius (viii. 1) says that the name of the defeated general was Attinas.
[577] Artabazus was in his 95th year when he joined Alexander with the Grecian troops of Darius in B.C. 330. See Curtius, vi. 14. His viceroyalty was destined for Clitus; but on the death of that general it was conferred on Amyntas. See Curtius, viii. 3.
[578] Curtius (viii. 11 and 12) says that the wife of Spitamenes murdered him and carried his head to Alexander.
[579] The Hebrew name for Media is Madai, which means middle-land. The Greeks called the country Media, according to Polybius (v. 44), because it lies near the middle of Asia.
[580] Of the year 327 B.C.
[581] ὤρα, akin to Latin cura, a poetical and Ionic word, often found in Herodotus.
[582] About £2,700.