παρασάγγης
παρασάγγης
-ου (Persian word, modern Persian farsang), parasang, equiv. to 30 stades, about 3.4 miles. The day’s march of Cyrus’s army averaged about six parasangs. It seems likely that Xenophon used it as a rough measure of time rather than of length (cp. ‘it’s an hour’s walk from here’), so that the distance included in a parasang would vary according to the rough or easy character of the road. See Introd. § 64.
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παρασάγγης
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παρασάγγης
-ου (Persian word, modern Persian farsang), parasang, equiv. to 30 stades, about 3.4 miles. The day’s march of Cyrus’s army averaged about six parasangs. It seems likely that Xenophon used it as a rough measure of time rather than of length (cp. ‘it’s an hour’s walk from here’), so that the distance included in a parasang would vary according to the rough or easy character of the road. See Introd. § 64.
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-1806
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