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Following him, all the Medes spoke to this 1 effect: It is you, Cyrus, that have brought us out here, and when you think the time to return has come, lead us back with you.
And when Cyrus heard that, he uttered this prayer: Hear me, I beseech thee, O Zeus almighty, and grant that in service to them I may surpass the honour they show to me.
Following him, all the Medes spoke to this 1 effect: It is you, Cyrus, that have brought us out here, and when you think the time to return has come, lead us back with you.
And when Cyrus heard that, he uttered this prayer: Hear me, I beseech thee, O Zeus almighty, and grant that in service to them I may surpass the honour they show to me.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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