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συμβιβάσαντες. No doubt the mediating princes were glad to limit the dangerous growth of Cyaxares' power.

Syennesis (like ‘Pharaoh’) is a title (probably Semitic) borne by the native rulers of Cilicia (v. 118. 2; vii. 98); they seem to have submitted voluntarily to Cyrus, and so were allowed to retain their kingdom (cf. App. VI, § 7); they were dependent or independent as the central power was strong or weak (ix. 107 n.). The dynasty disappears at the beginning of the fourth century. For Labynetus cf. App. II, § 5.

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