Semiramis in Ecbatana (1)

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.13.6-8:
For since the city (Ecbatana) had no water supply and there was no spring in its vicinity, she made the whole of it well watered by bringing to it with much hardship and expense an abundance of the purest water. For at a distance from Ecbatana of about twelve stades is a mountain, which is called Orontes and is unusual for its ruggedness and enormous height, since the ascent, straight to its summit, is twenty-five stades. And since a great lake, which emptied into a river, lay on the other side, she made a cutting through the base of this mountain. The tunnel was fifteen feet wide and forty feet high; and through it she brought in the river which lowed from the lake, and filled the city with water.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.13.6-8

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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