But when they turned to flight, Cyru s’ six
 hundred, setting out in pursuit, became scattered also, and only a
 very few were left about him, chiefly his so-called table
 companions. While attended by these only, he caught sight of the King and the
 compact body around him; and on the instant he lost control of
 himself and, with the cry I see the man, 
 rushed upon him and struck him in the breast and wounded him through
 his breastplate—as Ctesias See note
 on Xen. Anab. 1.7.11 . 
 the physician says, adding also that he himself healed the
 wound. While Cyrus was
 delivering his stroke, however, some one hit him a hard blow under
 the eye with a javelin; and then followed a struggle between the
 King and Cyrus and the attendants who supported
 each of them. The number that fell on the King’s side is stated by
 Ctesias, who was with him; on the other side,
 Cyrus himself was killed and eight of the
 noblest of his attendants lay dead upon him. Of Artapates, the one among Cyru s’ chamberlains
 who was his most faithful follower, it is told that when he saw
 Cyrus fallen, he leaped down from his horse
 and threw his arms about him. And one report is that the King ordered someone to slay him upon the
 body of Cyrus , while others say that he drew
 his dagger and slew himself with his own hand; for he had a dagger
 of gold, and he also wore a necklace and bracelets and all the other
 ornaments that the noblest Persians wear; for he had been honoured
 by Cyrus because of his affection and
 fidelity.