With these words he was gone, leaving a guide behind. And then the Medes came in, after they 1 had delivered to the magi what the magi had directed them to set apart for the gods. And they had selected for Cyrus the most splendid tent and the lady of Susa, who was said to be the most beautiful woman in Asia , and two of the most accomplished music-girls; and afterward they had selected for Cyaxares the next best. They had also supplied themselves with such other things as they needed, so that they might continue the campaign in want of nothing; for there was an abundance of everything.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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