Semiramis

Role: queen of Babylon · First appears: Book 1 · §183–189

Book 1 · §183–189

• with Nitocris (interaction) “Of these, the one who ruled first, named Semiramis, who lived five generations before the other, produced banks of earth in the plain which are a sight worth seeing; and before this the river used to flood like a sea over the whole plain. 185. The queen who lived after her time, named Nitocris, was wiser than she who had reigned before;”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.