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664 be paid him at his funeral, and that she herself should be conveyed whithersoever she pleased. But resolving to die, she bade the only attendant she would suffer to stay with her, to cover her with the same cloth as her husband after she was dead. The woman begged her not to think of laying violent hands upon herself; but Panthea was inexorable; and taking out a Persian scymitar she had prepared for that purpose, plunged it into her side, and reclining her head on her husband's breast, expired. Upon which her three eunuchs stabbed themselves. Cyrus afterwards erected a very stately mausoleum to their memory. This happened the year of the 58th Olympiad, 548 B. C..

acquired great readiness in composition, correctness of outline, and a lovely tint of colouring. Her landscapes are very fine. She painted works for many cities. Her great excellence was, introducing, in delightful scenes, most graceful little figures, that seemed to move, and expressed their different occupations in the most lively manner. She was much honoured and caressed.

made a Book of Inventions for Ornamental Designs, and Works of Embroidery: she died in Rome, about