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[14] His hands he kept outside his sleeves.
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With him rode a charioteer, who was tall, but neither in reality nor in appearance so tall as he; at all events,
Cyrus looked much taller.
And when they saw him, they all prostrated themselves before him, either because some had been instructed to begin this act of homage, or because they were overcome by the splendour of his presence, or because Cyrus appeared so great and so goodly to look upon; at any rate, no one of the Persians had ever prostrated himself before Cyrus before.
And when they saw him, they all prostrated themselves before him, either because some had been instructed to begin this act of homage, or because they were overcome by the splendour of his presence, or because Cyrus appeared so great and so goodly to look upon; at any rate, no one of the Persians had ever prostrated himself before Cyrus before.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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