After this, Cyrus conceived a desire to establish 1 himself as he thought became a king, but he decided to do it with the approval of his friends, in such a way that his public appearances should be rare and solemn and yet excite as little jealousy as possible. So he adopted the following plan: at day-break he would take his station in a place that seemed to him to be adapted to the purpose and there receive all who had any matter to bring before him, give them an answer, and send them away.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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