BABYLON AND PERSIA

INDEX. 445196 ; king of, sends gifts to theS. .Delphic Apollo, 210.Physicians, and surgeons, in theAvesta, 138, 139.Pitris, "Fathers," Aryan spiritsof the departed, 53 ; honorsrendered them, 54.Pognon, French Assyriologist,146 note.Pollution, inflicted by the presenceof a corpse, 132 ;on the earthby burying a corpse, 133 ; bythe Druj Nasu, 135 ;a corpse alone, 137.by carr)'-Profession of faith, see AvestanCreed.Psammenit, see Psammetik III.Psammetik III. (Greek Psam¬menit), son of Amasis, succeedshim, 350 ; loses the battle ofPelusion, 351 ; captured atMemphis, ib.PAitika, sea, where pollutedwaters are purified before re¬turning to the sea 'Vouru-Kasha.Pulwar, river, ancient Kyros,flows through the valley ofMurghab, 300.Purification, ^to be performed bynone but Athravans, 116, 117;prescriptions for, in the "Vendi¬dad, 134 ; by gomez, 136.R.Rachmed, mount, at Persepolis,394 ; royal tombs in, 411.Rages, a city in Media, seeRhagae.Rashnu, "uprightness, justice,"7^ : ^59- .,.RhagEE (Rages in the Book ofTobit), a great city in Media,157; the seat of the "Zarathushtrotema,"272.Riblah, on the Orontes, a city inHamath, 181.Rig- Veda, the oldest of the Hin¬dus' sacred books, 38.Sacrifice., demanded by gods, 84 ;its effieacy, 85.Sadyattes, Icing of Lydia, his waragainst Miletus, 218.Sagdid ceremony, meaning anddescription of, 93, 94 ; 136 ; 142.Sakunka, rebel chief of the Sakse,taken prisoner, 381.Sandon, the name of the Sun-godin Lydia, 209.Sanskrit, language and studies, 15.Sardis, capital of Lydia, captureof, by Kyros, 312 ; revolt at,317-Sassanian dynasty, 2 ; restoresthe ancient texts, 28.Satrap, Persian "Kshatrapa,"meaning of the word, 317, note;position and duties of, 384-386.Scythia (south of Russia), knownto the Greeks, 413 ;its rivers,414, 415 ; its climate, 416 ; itspeople, 418 ;their mode of life,419 ; their appearance, 420 ;their customs, 420-422.Semiramis, building of Babylonattributed to, 240.Shapfir II, king, proclaims theAvestan law, 28.Shushan, see Susa.Sippar, reservoir at, dug by orderof Nebuchadrezzar, 225.Skoloti, real name of theEuro¬pean Scythians, according t 1Herodotus, 418.Smerdis, see Bardiya.Smyrna, a Greek city in Lydia.201 ; 2o8.Soma, god and plant, 48.Spaka, supposed nurse of Kyrosthe Great, 292 ; mythical sig¬nificancy of the name, 294.Sparta, one of the two chief citiesof Hellas, also Lacedsemon, 312.Spartans, make alliance withKroisos, 308 ; are too late tohelp him, 312 ;Sardis, 316.defy Kyros at