Note 319 — Chapter XXXII · RISE OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. — CYRUS.
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Herodot. i, 95. Ὡς ὦν Περσέων μετεξέτεροι λέγουσιν, οἱ μὴ βουλόμενοι σεμνοῦν τὰ περὶ Κῦρον, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐόντα λέγειν λόγον, κατὰ ταῦτα γράψω· ἐπιστάμενος περὶ Κύρου καὶ τριφασίας ἄλλας λόγων ὁδοὺς φῆναι. His informants were thus select persons, who differed from the Persians generally.
The long narrative respecting the infancy and growth of Cyrus is contained in Herodot. i, 107-129.