And when he arrived there, first they embraced 1 one another, as was natural, and then Cyaxares asked Cyrus how large the army was that he was bringing.
Thirty thousand, he answered, of such as have come to you before as mercenaries; but others also, of the peers, who have never before left their country, are coming.
About how many? asked Cyaxares.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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