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Tell me, then, said Cyaxares, do you not consider the Persian force small which you say you are bringing?
Yes said Cyrus; but we will consider later 1 whether we need more men or not. Now tell me, he went on, what each party’s method of fighting is.
About the same with all, said Cyaxares; for there are bowmen and spearmen both on their side and on ours.
Well then, said Cyrus, as their arms are of that sort, we must fight at long range.
Tell me, then, said Cyaxares, do you not consider the Persian force small which you say you are bringing?
Yes said Cyrus; but we will consider later 1 whether we need more men or not. Now tell me, he went on, what each party’s method of fighting is.
About the same with all, said Cyaxares; for there are bowmen and spearmen both on their side and on ours.
Well then, said Cyrus, as their arms are of that sort, we must fight at long range.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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