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10.] C4.2.We are more and more enamoured of Pantheia.
C4.7.As delicate as any modern in the respect for wedded womanhood.
C4.13 ff.

Notice how in this stirring and inspiriting speech Cyrus by dealing with the Egyptians (the only unknown quantity) strikes a new note and sets up a new motive, as it were, preparing us for the tragic struggle which is to come, which will cost Abradatas and other good men dear, not to speak of the brave Egyptians themselves (cf.

Sudanese Arabs).

Also note Xenophon's enthusiasm in reference to the new arming and the odds of encounter between cavalry and infantry (cf.

Napier, Forbes, etc.)..


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