But, Gobryas, said Cyrus, when he heard this, do you not accuse this young fellow who has just come to the throne of cruel insolence of character?
That judgment, I think, said Gobryas, is warranted by my experience with him.
Pray, are you the only man towards whom he has acted in this way, Cyrus asked, or are there others also?
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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