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Cyrus and his followers tried to cut them off, and those whom they caught they at once struck down,
Cyrus taking the lead; and they pursued hard after those who succeeded in getting past, and they did not give up but took some of them prisoners.
As a well-bred but untrained hound rushes recklessly 1 upon a boar, so Cyrus rushed on, with regard for nothing but to strike down every one he overtook and reckless of anything else.
The enemy, however, when they saw their comrades hard pressed, advanced their column in the hope that the Medes would give up the pursuit on seeing them push forward.
As a well-bred but untrained hound rushes recklessly 1 upon a boar, so Cyrus rushed on, with regard for nothing but to strike down every one he overtook and reckless of anything else.
The enemy, however, when they saw their comrades hard pressed, advanced their column in the hope that the Medes would give up the pursuit on seeing them push forward.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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