Men of Hyrcania, Cyrus said presently, we trust you now, as you see; and you also ought to feel the same way toward us. But tell us first how far it is from here to the headquarters of the enemy and the main body of their army.
Not much more than a parasang, they answered.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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