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At the same time, he took hold of the hand of Abradates; but, as he attempted to raise it, the arm came away from the body. It had been cut off by an Egyptian sword. Cyrus was himself shocked at the spectacle, and Panthea's grief broke forth anew.
Xenophon's romantic tales. Panthea a Susian captive. Valuable spoil. Its division. Share of Cyrus. Panthea given to Cyrus. Araspes. Abradates. Account of Panthea's capture. Her great loveliness. Attempts at consolation. Panthea's renewed grief. Cyrus declines to see Panthea. His reasons. Araspes's self-confidence. Panthea's patience and gentleness. Araspes's kindness to Panthea.
There were many spectators present to see him mount his chariot and drive away; but so great was their admiration of Panthea's affection and regard for her husband, and so much impressed were they with her beauty, that the great chariot, the resplendent horses, and the grand warrior with his armor of gold, which the magnificent equipage was intended to convey, were, all together, scarcely able to draw away the eyes of the spectators from her.
She bitterly reproached herself for having been, perhaps, the cause of her husband's death, by urging him, as she had done, to fidelity and courage when he went into battle. "And now," she said, "he is dead, while I, who urged him forward into the danger, am still alive." Cyrus said what he could to console Panthea's grief; but he found it utterly inconsolable.
These well-meant attempts at consolation did not appear to have the good effect desired. They only awakened Panthea's grief and suffering anew. The tears began to fall again faster than before. Her grief soon became more and more uncontrollable. She sobbed and cried aloud, and began to wring her hands and tear her mantle the customary Oriental expression of inconsolable sorrow and despair.
Araspes went on to say that, at the time of their making the capture, he, with some others, went into Panthea's tent, where they found her and her attendant ladies sitting on the ground, with veils over their faces, patiently awaiting their doom.
Abradates's eight-horse chariot. Panthea's presents for her husband. Imposing spectacle. Panthea's preparations. Panthea offers her presents. Abradates's pleasure. Abradates departs for the field. The farewell. The order of battle. Appearance of Abradates. The charge. Terrible havoc made by the chariots. The great victory. The council of war. Abradates slain. Panthea's grief.
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