CHAPTER 79 |
The Mares wore on their heads the plaited helmet peculiar to their country, and used small leathern bucklers, and javelins.The Colchians wore wooden helmets, and carried small shields of raw hide, and short spears; besides which they had swords. Both Mares and Colchians were under the command of Pharandates, the son of Teaspes.The Alarodians and Saspirians were armed like the Colchians; their leader was Masistes, the son of Siromitras. |