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Harpagus had been appointed commander on the
sea by Cyrus the Persian, and when the Greeks of Asia
sent an embassy to Cyrus545
B.C. for the purpose of making a treaty of friendship with him, Harpagus remarked to
them that what they were doing was very much like a former experience of his own. Once when he wished to marry he had asked a girl's father for the hand
of his daughter. At first, however, her father decided that he was not worthy to marry his
daughter and betrothed her to a man of higher position, but later, observing that Harpagus was
being honoured by the king, he offered him his daughter; but he replied that he would no longer
have her as his wife, but would consent to take her as a concubine. By such words he pointed out to the Greeks that formerly, when Cyrus had urged them to
become friends of the Persians, they had been unwilling, but now, after matters had taken a
different turn and they were anxious to agree upon rel
When the Lacedaemonians learned that the
Greeks of Asia were in peril, they sent a message to
Cyrus545 B.C. stating
that the Lacedaemonians, being kinsmen of the Greeks of Asia, forbade him to enslave the Greek cities. And Cyrus, marvelling at such
words, remarked that he would judge of their valour when he should send one of his own slaves
to subdue Greece. When the Lacedaemonians were setting out to conquer
Arcadia,c.
560 B.C. they received the following oracle:
Arcadia dost thou demand of me?
A high demand, nor will I give it thee.
For many warriors, acorn-eaters all,
Dwell in Arcadia, and they will ward
Thee off. Yet for my part I grudge thee not.
Tegea's land, smitten with tripping feet,
I'll give to thee, wherein to dance and plot
The fertile plain with measuring-line for tilth.
The Lacedaemonians sent to
Delphi to inquire in what place the bones of
Orestes, the son of Ag