people
the Medes
Medes
also: Medus
An Iranian people, here standing for the eastern empires whose kings lay down their wars at a great monarch's nod.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §12 Mede
The Medes, another eastern people standing for the empires Claudius supposedly subdued.
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §13.3 Medes
The Medes, an Iranian people joined with the Persians; 'the king of the Medes' stands for the remote eastern monarch whose notice means nothing to the sage.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §8.71.37 the Medes
The Medes, an Iranian people often paired with the Persians as the type of the rich and distant East.
- Thyestes §546 the Mede
The Medes, standing for the eastern empires whose kings lay down their wars at a monarch's nod.