Cambyses

κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Καμβύσης, -ου, ὁ.

Cambȳses: is, m., = Καμβύσης.
I The husband of Mandane, and father of the elder Cyrus, Just. 1, 4, 4.—
II The son and successor of the elder Cyrus, Just. 1, 9; Mel. 1, 11, 3; Val. Max. 6, 3, ext. 3; Luc. 10, 280.
A A river in Albania, which rises on the Caucasus and empties into the Cyrus, now Jora, Mel. 3, 5, 6; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—
B A river of Media, Amm. 23, 6, 40.

Cambȳsēs,¹⁴ is (æ), m.,
1 Cambyse [mari de Mandane et père du premier Cyrus : Just. 1, 4, 4