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And as he said this he was still more violently overcome with weeping, so that he affected Cyrus, too, till his eyes filled with tears. But after pausing for a moment Cyrus answered him as follows:
Well, Cyaxares, in this you do not speak truly 1 nor do you judge correctly, if you think that by my presence the Medes have been put in a position to do you harm;
And as he said this he was still more violently overcome with weeping, so that he affected Cyrus, too, till his eyes filled with tears. But after pausing for a moment Cyrus answered him as follows:
Well, Cyaxares, in this you do not speak truly 1 nor do you judge correctly, if you think that by my presence the Medes have been put in a position to do you harm;
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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