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And what are they doing now? asked Cyrus.
They are being marshalled in battle array, they answered; and yesterday and the day before they were doing the same.
And the marshal, said Cyrus, who is he?
Croesus himself, they replied, and with him a Greek and some one else—a Mede; the latter, however, was said to be a deserter from your side.
Grant, O Zeus almighty, said Cyrus, that it be mine to get hold of him, as I desire!
And what are they doing now? asked Cyrus.
They are being marshalled in battle array, they answered; and yesterday and the day before they were doing the same.
And the marshal, said Cyrus, who is he?
Croesus himself, they replied, and with him a Greek and some one else—a Mede; the latter, however, was said to be a deserter from your side.
Grant, O Zeus almighty, said Cyrus, that it be mine to get hold of him, as I desire!
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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