In this way, then,
 Cyrus came to his end, a man who was the
 most kingly and the most worthy to rule of all the Persians who have
 been born since Cyrus the Elder, as all agree
 who are reputed to have known Cyrus 
 intimately. For firstly, while he was still a boy and was being educated with his
 brother and the other boys, he was regarded as the best of them all
 in all respects. For all the sons of the noblest Persians are educated at the King’s
 court. There one may learn discretion and self-control in full
 measure, and nothing that is base can be either heard or seen. The boys have before their eyes the spectacle of men honoured by the
 King and of others dishonoured; they likewise hear of them; and so
 from earliest boyhood they are learning how to rule and how to
 submit to rule. Here, then, Cyrus was reputed to be, in the
 first place, the most modest of his fellows, and even more obedient
 to his elders than were his inferiors in rank; secondly, the most
 devoted to horses and the most skilful in managing horses; he was
 also adjudged the most eager to learn, and the most diligent in
 practising, military accomplishments, alike the use of the bow and
 of the javelin.