There are 14 instances of Persia in 13 chapters.
Normalized frequency of Persia in the Essays
- Book 1 · Chapter 2 · ¶ 2.
On Sorrow
❯ of Egypt, having been defeated and taken prisoner by Cambyses, king of Persia, and seeing his daughter dressed as a servant and sent to fetch …
- Book 1 · Chapter 16 · ¶ 14.
A Record of Some Ambassadors
❯ To this day, knowledgeable people condemn the way kings of Persia kept their agents and lieutenants on such a short leash that they …
- Book 1 · Chapter 18 · ¶ 2.
Let Others Judge of Our Happiness after Our Death
❯ thus Agesilaus, in front of whom someone had called the king of Persia happy for becoming the ruler of so powerful a state at a …
- Book 1 · Chapter 25 · ¶ 61.
On the Education of Children
❯ having death or slavery continually before my eyes?” for the kings of Persia were at that time preparing to invade his country. Every one ought …
- Book 1 · Chapter 29 · ¶ 10.
On Moderation
❯ The kings of Persia were wont to invite their wives to the beginning of their festivals; …
- Book 1 · Chapter 42 · ¶ 51.
On the Inequality among Us
❯ talk of his master once a year, as of a king of Persia, without taking any further recognition of him, than by some remote kindred …
- Book 1 · Chapter 51 · ¶ 5.
On the Vanity of Words
❯ poison. There was never any famous orator known to come out of Persia or Macedon. …
- Book 2 · Chapter 11 · ¶ 41.
On Cruelty
❯ almost a like case, moderated the severity of the ancient laws of Persia, ordaining that the nobility who had committed a fault, instead of being …
- Book 2 · Chapter 12 · ¶ 358.
Apology for Raymond Sebond
❯ old, caused at once fourteen young men, of the best families of Persia, to be buried alive, according to the religion of the country, to …
- Book 2 · Chapter 12 · ¶ 543.
Apology for Raymond Sebond
❯ Gobrias did; for, being closely grappled in combat with a lord of Persia, Darius coming in sword in hand, and fearing to strike lest he …
- Book 2 · Chapter 19 · ¶ 6.
On Freedom of Conscience
❯ that first threatened him in Gaul, and afterward appeared to him in Persia just before his death. …
- Book 3 · Chapter 4 · ¶ 42.
On Diversion
❯ from having dreamt that his brother should be one day king of Persia, put him to death: a beloved brother, and one in whom he …
- Book 3 · Chapter 7 · ¶ 6.
On the Inconvenience of High Status
❯ of the seven who had right to pretend to the kingdom of Persia, did as I should willingly have done, which was, that he gave …
- Book 3 · Chapter 9 · ¶ 121.
On Vanity
❯ and unbound; we imprison ourselves in certain straits, like the kings of Persia, who obliged themselves to drink no other water but that of the …