Yes, and, upon my word,
 if Cyrus had
 only lived, it seems that he would have proved an
 excellent ruler. One of the many proofs that he has
 given of this is the fact that, when he was on his
 way to fight his brother for the throne, it is said
 that not a man deserted from
 Cyrus to
 the king, whereas tens of thousands deserted from
 the king to
 Cyrus . I think you have one clear proof of a ruler’s excellence,
 when men obey him willingly Mem III. iii.
 9. and choose to stand by him in moments of
 danger. Now his friends all fought at his side and
 fell at his side to a man, fighting round his body,
 with the one exception of Ariaeus, whose place in
 the battle was, in point of fact, on the left
 wing. Anabasis, I. ix. 31. Ariaeus fled
 when he saw that
 Cyrus had
 fallen.