And on the following day the Assyrian king 1 and Croesus and the other commanders let their troops rest within the entrenchments; but Cyrus and Cyaxares awaited them in battle array, ready to fight if the enemy should come on. But when it was evident that the enemy would not come out from behind their breastworks nor accept battle that day, Cyaxares called Cyrus and the staff officers besides and spoke as follows:
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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