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That Cyrus’s empire was the greatest and most 1 glorious of all the kingdoms in Asia—of that it may be its own witness. For it was bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean , on the north by the Black Sea , on the west by Cyprus and Egypt , and on the south by Ethiopia . And although it was of such magnitude, it was governed by the single will of Cyrus; and he honoured his subjects and cared for them as if they were his own children; and they, on their part, reverenced Cyrus as a father.
That Cyrus’s empire was the greatest and most 1 glorious of all the kingdoms in Asia—of that it may be its own witness. For it was bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean , on the north by the Black Sea , on the west by Cyprus and Egypt , and on the south by Ethiopia . And although it was of such magnitude, it was governed by the single will of Cyrus; and he honoured his subjects and cared for them as if they were his own children; and they, on their part, reverenced Cyrus as a father.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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