grave, taken from so sweet a wife, never to see her more. Then Pantheia
bade her chamberlains stand aside "until," she said, "I have wept over
him as I would." But she made her nurse stay with her and she said:

"Nurse, when I am dead, cover us with the same cloak." And the nurse
entreated and besought her, but she could not move her, and when she
saw that she did but vex her mistress, she sat down and wept in silence.
Then Pantheia took the scimitar, that had been ready for her so long,
and drew it across her throat, and dropped her head upon her husband's
breast and died. And the nurse cried bitterly, but she covered the two
with one cloak as her mistress had bidden her.

[15] And when Cyrus heard what Pantheia had done he rushed out in horror
to see if he could save her. And when the three chamberlains saw what
had happened they drew their own scimitars and killed themselves, there
where she had bidden them stand. [16, 17] And when Cyrus came to that
place of sorrow, he looked with wonder and reverence on the woman, and
wept for her and went his way and saw that all due honour was paid to
those who lay there dead, and a mighty sepulchre was raised above them,
mightier, men say, than had been seen in all the world before.

[C.4] After this the Carians, who were always at war and strife with one
another, because their dwellings were fortified, sent to Cyrus and
asked for aid. Cyrus himself was unwilling to leave Sardis, where he
was having engines of artillery made and battering-rams to overthrow
the walls of those who would not listen to him. But he sent Adousius, a
Persian, in his place, a man of sound judgment and a stout soldier
and withal a person of winning presence. He gave him an army; and the
Cilicians and Cypriotes were very ready to serve under him. [2] That
was why Cyrus never sent a Persian satrap to govern either Cilicia or
Cyprus; he was always satisfied with the native kings; only he exacted
tribute and levied troops whenever he needed them.

[3] So Adousius took his army and marched into Caria, where he was met
by the men of both parties, ready to receive him inside their walls to
the detriment of their opponents. Adousius treated each in exactly the
same way, he told whichever side was pleading that he thought their case
was just, but it was essential that the others should not realise he
was their friend, "for thus, you perceive, I will take them unprepared
whenever I attack."

He insisted they s