Battle of Cunaxa Illustration

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a quotation from Kyropaidia by Duncan Head:

A sleeves overcoated called the Kandys was sometimes worn with the "Median" dress. It is usually seen draped over the shoulders like a cloack, with the sleeves hanging empty.
Xenophon, in Kyropaidia, says that Persian horsemen put their hands in the sleeves of the kandys when inspected by the King. (Some writers suggest that the word kandys meant the "Persian" robe, but Xenophon clearly describes it being worn with the "Median" tunic; for example, he describes Cyrus the Younger's retinue discarding the kandys, leaving them wearing tunics & embroidered trousers.)

isn't the 'Kandys' a Greek language 'corruption' of a 'Kantuš'/'cantus' or the Median cloak?

Coincidentally the Persian pronunciacion and this garment's function are almost exactly like the Polish nobleman/warrior 16-17th cenutry AD 'kontusz' overcoat - it was transformed during the 18th century into a lighter garment etc and became the 19th century Polish national costume of sorts..
Dario