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Aye, answered Gobryas and his staff, in view of the revelry, it would not be at all surprising if the gates leading to the palace were open, for all the city is feasting this night. Still, we shall find a guard before the gates, for one is always posted there.
We must lose no time, then, said Cyrus. Forward, that we may catch the men as unprepared as we can.
Aye, answered Gobryas and his staff, in view of the revelry, it would not be at all surprising if the gates leading to the palace were open, for all the city is feasting this night. Still, we shall find a guard before the gates, for one is always posted there.
We must lose no time, then, said Cyrus. Forward, that we may catch the men as unprepared as we can.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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