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αὐτὰ ἕκαστα, ‘the truth in detail,’ as opposed to the dream; cf. Gen. c. 41 and Daniel pass. for ‘interpreters of dreams’, a genuine Oriental feature. This dream is by Ctesias (Nic. Dam. fr. 65; F. H. G. iii. 399) transferred to Cyrus' mother. The name of Mandane is otherwise unknown. H. is wrong in making Cyrus the grandson of Astyages, and Ctesias equally wrong in saying (c. 2, p. 64) that he married Astyages' daughter, Amytis. H. is right as to the name of Cyrus' father (111. 5), though he does not know that he was a king.

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