Such was his message. But he to whom he gave the marching order said: And how shall I find them, your majesty?
How, he answered, did Cyrus and those with him find those against whom they went?
Why said the man, by Zeus, I am told that some Hyrcanians who had deserted from the enemy came hither and went away as his guides.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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