When the Hyrcanians heard this, they led the way, as he ordered. They wondered at his magnanimity; and they no longer had any fear of either the Assyrians or the Lydians or their allies, but they feared only lest he should think that it was not of the slightest moment whether they joined him or not.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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