Arbaʹces (3 syl.).
A Mede and Assyrian satrap, who conspired against Sardanapaʹlus, and founded the empire of Meʹdia on the ruins of the Assyrian kingdom. (Byron: Sardanapalus.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.