Then why, in heaven’s name, Cyrus, he said, did you put Chrysantas down for a more honourable place than mine?
Am I really to tell you? asked Cyrus.
By all means, answered Hystaspas.
And you, on your part, will not be angry with me when you hear the truth?
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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