And the Egyptians who then stayed in the country have continued loyal subjects to the king even unto this day; and Cyrus gave them cities, some in the interior, which even to this day are called Egyptian cities, and besides these Larissa and Cyllene near Cyme on the coast; and their descendants dwell there even unto this day.
When he had accomplished this, it was already dark; and Cyrus led back his forces and encamped in Thymbrara.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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