[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Roman Imperial (31 BCE – 330 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman) › [Γεωγραφικα](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) › 15.1.55 # Γεωγραφικα 15.1.55 Γεωγραφικά 15.1.55 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [15.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.55) τῷ βασιλεῖ δʼ ἡ μὲν τοῦ σώματος θεραπεία διὰ γυναικῶν ἐστιν, ὠνητῶν καὶ αὐτῶν παρὰ τῶν πατέρων· ἔξω δὲ τῶν θυρῶν οἱ σωματοφύλακες καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν στρατιωτικόν· μεθύοντα δὲ κτείνασα γυνὴ βασιλέα γέρας ἔχει συνεῖναι τῷ ἐκεῖνον διαδεξαμένῳ· διαδέχονται δʼ οἱ παῖδες· οὐδʼ ὑπνοῖ μεθʼ ἡμέραν ὁ βασιλεύς· καὶ νύκτωρ δὲ καθʼ ὥραν ἀναγκάζεται τὴν κοίτην ἀλλάττειν διὰ τὰς ἐπιβουλάς. τῶν τε μὴ κατὰ πόλεμον ἐξόδων μία μέν ἐστιν ἡ ἐπὶ τὰς κρίσεις, ἐν αἷς διημερεύει διακούων οὐδὲν ἧττον κἂν ὥρα γένηται τῆς τοῦ σώματος θεραπείας· αὕτη δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ διὰ τῶν σκυταλίδων τρῖψις· ἅμα γὰρ καὶ διακούει καὶ τρίβεται τεττάρων περιστάντων τριβέων· ἑτέρα δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπὶ τὰς θυσίας ἔξοδος· τρίτη δʼ ἐπὶ θήραν βακχική τις κύκλῳ γυναικῶν περικεχυμένων, ἔξωθεν δὲ τῶν δορυφόρων· παρεσχοίνισται δʼ ἡ ὁδός, τῷ δὲ παρελθόντι ἐντὸς μέχρι γυναικῶν θάνατος· προηγοῦνται δὲ τυμπανισταὶ καὶ κωδωνοφόροι. κυνηγετεῖ δʼ ἐν μὲν τοῖς περιφράγμασιν ἀπὸ βήματος τοξεύων (παρεστᾶσι δʼ ἔνοπλοι δύο ἢ τρεῖς γυναῖκες), ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἀφράκτοις θήραις ἀπʼ ἐλέφαντος· αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες αἱ μὲν ἐφʼ ἁρμάτων, αἱ δʼ ἐφʼ ἵππων αἱ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ ἐλεφάντων, ὡς καὶ συστρατεύουσιν, ἠσκημέναι παντὶ ὅπλῳ. > The care of the king’s person is committed to women, who are also purchased of their parents. The body-guard, and the rest of the military, are stationed without the gates. A woman, who puts to death a king when drunk, is rewarded by becoming the wife of his successor. The sons succeed the father. The king may not sleep during the day-time, and at night he is obliged from time to time to change his bed, from dread of treachery. > The king leaves his palace in time of war; he leaves it also when he goes to sit in his court as a judge. He remains there all day thus occupied, not suffering himself to be interrupted even though the time arrives for attending to his person. This attention to his person consists of friction with pieces of wood, and he continues to listen to the cause, while the friction is performed by four attendants who surround him. > Another occasion of leaving his palace is to offer sacrifice. > The third is a sort of Bacchanalian departure to the chace. Crowds of women surround him, and on the outside (of these) are spear-men. The road is set off with ropes; a man, or even a woman, who passes within the ropes is put to death. > The king is preceded by drums and gongs. He hunts in the enclosures, and discharges his arrows from a high seat. Near him stand two or three armed women. When hunting in the open ground, he shoots his arrows from an elephant; of the women some are in chariots, some on horses, and others on elephants; they are provided with all kinds of weapons, as if they were going on a military expedition. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 15.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.54) - [Next: 15.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.56) - [Up: 15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.15.1.55) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English - [Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-mccrindle.15.1.55) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.55) · Pramāṇa