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 2o8 History of Art in Antiquity. who knows the country, saw at a glance that the position of Pasargadae at the head of the valley of the Polvar, where the river takes its rise, was as strong as could well be chosen; it Fio. 9ft.— PuugadK. FoMictl toirer. TixiBit, /tom>«Mi, Plate LXXXV. not only covered Persia on the north, but enabled Cyrus to re- press rcbelHons on the part of the Medes, who but yesterday were masters of the situation, and might not unnaturally wish to regain their ascendency.' He admits, therefore, that the town repre- ' DiEULAFOY, LAtt antique^ torn. L pp. 25-27. Digitized by Googlt: