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I shall provide you with playmates, and you will not be disappointed in anything else you may ask of me.

When Astyages had said these things, his mother asked Cyrus whether he wished to stay or to leave. He did not hesitate, but quickly said that he wished to stay. Being asked again by his mother why, he is said to have replied, "Because, mother, back home I am considered the best among my peers, both in archery and in throwing the javelin. But here, I know well that I am inferior to my peers in horsemanship. And know this well, mother, it causes me great distress. If you leave me here and I learn to ride, then when I am among the Persians, I think I shall easily defeat those good men in foot-battles. And when I come here to the Medes, I will try to be an ally to my grandfather, being the best rider among good riders."

And his mother said, "But how will you learn justice here, child, when your teachers are over there?" And Cyrus replied, "But mother, I know this quite accurately." "How do you know?" said Mandane. "Because," he said, "my teacher, considering that I already understood justice well, set me to judge others. And so," he said, "I was once beaten on account of one trial, as having judged incorrectly. The trial was as follows."

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