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Yes said Cyaxares, that will be necessary.
In that case, then, the victory will be with the side that has the greater numbers; for the few would be wounded and killed off by the many sooner than the many by the few.
If that is so, Cyrus, then what better plan could any one think of than to send to Persia to inform them that if anything happens to the Medes, the danger will extend to the Persians, and at the same time to ask for a larger army?
Why said Cyrus, let me assure you that even though all the Persians were to come, we should not surpass the enemy in point of numbers.
Yes said Cyaxares, that will be necessary.
In that case, then, the victory will be with the side that has the greater numbers; for the few would be wounded and killed off by the many sooner than the many by the few.
If that is so, Cyrus, then what better plan could any one think of than to send to Persia to inform them that if anything happens to the Medes, the danger will extend to the Persians, and at the same time to ask for a larger army?
Why said Cyrus, let me assure you that even though all the Persians were to come, we should not surpass the enemy in point of numbers.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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