Memnonian

The structure of the walls of the city,.. of the temples, and of the palace, is, some say, like that of those Babylon, of sun-dried brick and bitumen.” (15. 3. 2.) Hero dot us refers to Susa as the “palace of Memnon,” and tells of the joy in Susa when news of Xerxes’ capture of Athens was received, and of the lamentation over the news of the defeat at at ch284.xhtml s 295