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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 Cyrus1 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.
[2]
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.
[3]
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 relations of friendship, Cyrus would make no
terms with them as with allies, but he would receive them as slaves if they would throw
themselves upon the good-faith of the Persians.
1 545 B.C.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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