[583] About £327. Curtius (vii. 41) says that the first prize was 10 talents, the second 9 talents, and the same proportion for the eight others, so that the tenth man who mounted received one talent. The stater of Darius, usually called a daricus, was a gold coin of Persia. See Smith’s Dictionary of Antiquities.
[584] Cf. Curtius (vii. 43), vela, signum capti verticis.
[585] Roxana and her son Alexander Aegus were put to death by Cassander, B.C. 311.
[586] Statira. She died shortly before the battle of Arbela.
[587] καρτερὸς αὑτοῦ. Cf. Theocritus, xv. 94, ἁμῶν καρτερός.
[588] After the capture of Damascus, Alexander married Barsine, the widow of his rival Memnon, and daughter of Artabazus. She was distinguished for her beauty and accomplishments, having received a Grecian education. By her he had a son named Heracles. See Plutarch (Alex., 21). She and her son were put to death by Polysperchon, B.C. 309.
[589] Cf. Herodotus, i. 131; Curtius, iv. 42. The Persians called this god Ormuzd.
[590] Curtius (viii. 16) says that Alexander saw Roxana at a banquet given by Oxyartes in his honour.
[591] Krüger substituted περιεῖργε for περιέργει.
[592] βατά. Cf. Xenophon (Anab., iv. 6, 17).