270  THE  INSTITUTION    OF    CYRUS.  [b.  VIII,

rus,  as  he  shall  demand  26.  Whilst  I  live,  the  royal  dignity
amongst  the  Persians  is  mine  ;  when  I  am  dead,  it  will  doubt-
less belong  to  Cyrus,  if  he  is  alive.  And  when  he  comes  into
Persia,  it  should  be  a  point  of  religion  with  you,  that  he
should  make  such  sacrifices  for  you  as  I  now  make ;  but,
when  he  is  abroad,  I  think  it  will  be  well  for  you,  if  that  mem-
ber of  our  family  who  appears  to  you  to  be  the  most  worthy
perform  the  sacrifices  to  the  gods."

When  Cambyses  had  spoken  thus,  his  proposals  were  ap-
proved both  by  Cyrus  and  the  Persian  magistrates ;  and  as
they  thus  agreed  at  that  time,  calling  the  gods  to  witness,  so
the  Persians  and  the  king  continue  still  to  act  one  towards
another.  After  these  affairs  were  ended,  Cyrus  took  his  de-
parture.
When  he  arrived  in  Media,  on  his  return,  he  married,  with
.he  consent  of  his  father  and  mother,  the  daughter  of  Cyax-
ares,  of  whom  there  is  still  a  report  that  she  was  extremely
beautiful.  [Some  writers  say  that  he  married  his  mother's
sister ;  but  she  must  doubtless  have  been  a  woman  far  ad-
vanced in  years.]  ^  Having  married  her,  he  soon  departed,
taking  her  with  him.
CHAPTER  VI.
