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Thus, then, the Persians employed their time; 1 but the Medes drank and revelled and listened to the music of the flute and indulged themselves to the full with all sorts of merry-making. For many things that contribute to pleasure had been captured, so that those who stayed awake were at no loss for something to do.
Thus, then, the Persians employed their time; 1 but the Medes drank and revelled and listened to the music of the flute and indulged themselves to the full with all sorts of merry-making. For many things that contribute to pleasure had been captured, so that those who stayed awake were at no loss for something to do.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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