THE
PRINCESS ATHURA
A ROMANCE OF IRAN
BY
SAMUEL W. ODELL
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1913, by
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Published April, 1913
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Great King’s Last Battle | 1 |
| II | An Oath | 15 |
| III | Prexaspes | 29 |
| IV | Athura | 42 |
| V | Cambyses | 58 |
| VI | Persepolis | 76 |
| VII | “I am Cyrus, the King, the Achæmenian!” | 92 |
| VIII | A Royal Council and a Royal Hunt | 101 |
| IX | The Deeper Things | 121 |
| X | A Farewell Feast | 133 |
| XI | The Great King Introduces a Strange Custom | 151 |
| XII | The Force of an Oath | 165 |
| XIII | A Clash of Wills | 179 |
| XIV | The War Against Egypt | 198 |
| XV | The Madness of Cambyses | 219 |