But when Mandane was making preparations 1 to go back to her husband, Astyages asked her to leave Cyrus behind. And she answered that she desired to do her father’s pleasure in everything, but she thought it hard to leave the boy behind against his will.
Then Astyages said to Cyrus:
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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