And then we had vision of most of her face and vision of her neck and arms. And let me tell you, Cyrus, said he, it seemed to me, as it did to all the rest who saw her, that there never was so beautiful a woman of mortal birth in Asia . But, he added, you must by all means see her for yourself.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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