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PERSEPOLIS. 
new sovereign of the empire. The Persian monarch soon subdued 
his refractory tributary, and carried away from Thebes the 
richest ornaments of its edifices, to decorate his palaces of Susa 
and Persepolis; besides, he wisely accompanied the spoil with 
Egyptian workmen, to place them properly in their new stations. 
(Diod. Sic. 1. i.) These artisans must have been amongst the 
six thousand captives of Egypt, whom Cambyses brought from 
thence, and which are mentioned by Ctesias. Future princes 
followed the same example, of adorning their capital with the 
talents, as well as treasures of the countries they conquered, till, 
in the words of Q. Curtius, “ Persepolis became the glory of the 
East; no other city existing that could be compared to it.” But 
the description that enters closest into particulars, is that of 
Diodorus Siculus ; and ere I repeat my own observations, I shall 
give an extract from him, that what he says may be compared 
with my sketch of the ruins of the Palace of Forty Pillars; and 
the correspondence between the past and the present will be 
more clearly seen. 
“ A triple wall encircled the place. The first wall was six¬ 
teen coudes in height, defended by parapets, and flanked with 
towers. The second wall was in form like the first, but twice 
its elevation.” These two embattled walls were probably built 
out pretty far on the plain, and not a trace of them remains. 
But to return to our historian. -— “ The third wall is a square , 
and cut in the mountain , being sixty coudes in height. It is de¬ 
fended by palisadoes of copper, and has doors of the same, of 
twenty coudes high. The first wall is to inspire awe, the second 
for strength, and the last for the defence of the palace. To the 
east of this, about four hundred feet distant, is the spot called 
the Royal Mountain, containing the tombs of the kings. Here 
