History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

40 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
alition against us. I, doubtless, shall perish
in defending my crown, but a harder fate will
befal you, surviving, as you most assuredly
will, all your honour and dignities !"
Tiirrana, however, was too affectionate a
sister to engage in the black designs of her
guilty husband. She appeared to listen to his
proposals with pleasure, but secretly sent
to Armenia, by the means of trusty
servants,
a faithful account of all that had occurred
from the period of her leaving it. Tigranes no
sooner learned the fate to which his brotherin-law
had devoted him, than he became
furious, and despatching a messenger to Cyrus,
requested him immediately to push the war
vi^ourously against Ahasuerus. In the mean
time he levied a large army, and placing himself
at its head, advanced to the frontiers of
Media. Here he waited the arrival of Cyrus,
and forbore commencing hostilities, through
affection for his sister Tigrana, for whose
safety he feared, should Ahasuerus suspect
her having disclosed to him the projects of her
husband. About five months after, Tigrana
mana'^ed to effect her escape to her brother;
and Cyrus having arrived with a Persian army,
the two princes forthwith entered Media.
Ahasuerus made a faint attempt to protect
his dominions, but he was defeated, and fell by