The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
False Smerdis
Also known as Smerdis
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 13
False Smerdis is introduced as a name surrounded by the uneasy air of conspiracy and disputed identity. He feels less like a settled portrait than a troubling question preserved in an old history.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 1
False Smerdis appears in a reference to Herodotus’s account of a conspiracy. The text provides no personal history or physical description beyond the name and its association with that episode.
Description
The text gives no physical description of False Smerdis. His age, stature, build, coloring, hair, eyes, clothing, and distinguishing features are unknown.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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