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Gudarz Names the Banner Height

Gudarz Names the Banner Height

From C3.28, Gudarz and Piran Choose the Warriors. It illustrates C3.28.53–58:

  • C3.28.53
    Two heights stood opposite across the plain,From which the eye could view each army’s train.
  • C3.28.54
    One stood by Iran, one by Turan’s side;From each the distant ranks could be descried.
  • C3.28.55
    Before them lay the level, open field,Where ill luck brought its victims, doomed to yield.
  • C3.28.56
    Gudarz addressed his warriors, one and all,And showed the height that would proclaim a fall:
  • C3.28.57
    “Whoever overthrows his foe in fightShall raise a banner on this chosen height.”
  • C3.28.58
    Piran marked out the other hill the same,And bade his men thus show their victor’s claim.

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