This was his answer, and the Mysians were satisfied with it. But the son of Croesus now entered, having heard what the Mysians had asked for; and when Croesus refused to send his son with them, the young man said,
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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