When Cyrus had sacrificed and was celebrating 1 his victory with a banquet, he invited in those of his friends who showed that they were most desirous of magnifying his rule and of honouring him most loyally. He invited with them Artabazus the Mede , Tigranes the Armenian, Gobryas, and the commander of the Hyrcanian horse.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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