[27] But you shall bid the Persians come, and all our allies, to my sepulchre; and you shall rejoice with me and congratulate me that I am safe at last, free from suffering or sorrow, whether I am with God or whether I have ceased to be.

Give all who come the entertainment that is fitting in honour of a man whose life on earth was happy, and so send them away.
[28] Remember my last saying: show kindness to your friends, and then shall you have it in your power to chastise your enemies.

Good-bye, my dear sons, bid your mother good-bye for me.

And all my friends, who are here or far away, good-bye." And with these words he gave his hand to them, and then he covered his face and died.
EPILOGUE [C.8] Of all the powers in Asia, the kingdom of Cyrus showed itself to be the greatest and most glorious.

On the east it was bounded by the Red Sea, on the north by the Euxine, on the west by Cyprus and Egypt, and on the south by Ethiopia.