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title: The Judgement of Cambyses, David
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# The Judgement of Cambyses, David
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## Image File
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## Image Caption
Gerard David, The Judgement of Cambyses, 1498 CE, Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Belgium. This diptych shows a scene from [Herodotus](https://www.worldhistory.org/herodotus/)'s Histories: the arrest and flaying of the Persian judge Sisamnes, who was a corrupt judge, by order of Cambyses, the Persian king.
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