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1 1 It is interesting to note that some recent and very prominent handbooks on Iranian history even appear reluctant to deal with the problem at all and do not include a chapter on the Medes: Daryaee (2012) and Potts (2013).

2 2 Additionally, one has to stress that the perception of space is not an absolute value – 2300 km was a much larger distance in Cyrus' times, when Lydia was perceived to be at the western fringes of the world.

3 3 The adoption of the term “Mede” as a general synonym for “Persian” in Greek sources, attested since the later sixth century BCE, can be seen as evidence of an ephemeral contact between Medes and Greeks in Asia Minor that originated in Median raids to central Anatolia.

4 4 The alleged intermediary role in transmitting Neo‐Assyrian artistic traditions with political connotations subscribed to the Medes by modern scholars can be ascribed to Elam or to the Neo‐Babylonian Empire (Seidl 1994; Liverani 2003; Waters 2005: p. 527).