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But, my boy, said Astyages, we do not object to this wandering about; and you also, he added, if you taste, will see that it is pleasant.
But, grandfather, said Cyrus, I observe that even you are disgusted with these viands.
And by what, pray, do you judge, my boy, asked Astyages, that you say this?
Because said he, I observe that when you touch bread, you do not wipe your hand on anything; but when you touch any of these other things you at once cleanse your hand upon your napkin, as if you were exceedingly displeased that it had become soiled with them.
But, my boy, said Astyages, we do not object to this wandering about; and you also, he added, if you taste, will see that it is pleasant.
But, grandfather, said Cyrus, I observe that even you are disgusted with these viands.
And by what, pray, do you judge, my boy, asked Astyages, that you say this?
Because said he, I observe that when you touch bread, you do not wipe your hand on anything; but when you touch any of these other things you at once cleanse your hand upon your napkin, as if you were exceedingly displeased that it had become soiled with them.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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