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But his residences, asked Cyrus, are they all in fortified places or are perhaps some of them in places easy of approach?
His residences, answered Cyaxares, are in places not very well fortified; I did not fail to attend to that. However, there are mountains where he could take refuge and for a time be safe from falling into our hands himself, and where he could insure the safety of whatever he could have carried up there secretly, unless some one should occupy the approaches and hold him in siege, as my father did.
But his residences, asked Cyrus, are they all in fortified places or are perhaps some of them in places easy of approach?
His residences, answered Cyaxares, are in places not very well fortified; I did not fail to attend to that. However, there are mountains where he could take refuge and for a time be safe from falling into our hands himself, and where he could insure the safety of whatever he could have carried up there secretly, unless some one should occupy the approaches and hold him in siege, as my father did.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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