Darius the Great
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Hesupposed that Democedes, of course, considered his condition ofcaptivity as a fixed and permanent one; and that his fetters were not, in themselves, an injustice or disgrace, but the necessary andunavoidable concomitant of his lot, so that the sending of goldenfetters to a slave was very naturally, in his view, like presenting agolden crutch to a cripple. Democedes received the equivocal donationwith great good nature. He even ventured upon a joke on the subject tothe convalescent king. "It s...eems, sire, " said he "that in return formy saving your limb and your life, you double my servitude. You havegiven me two chains instead of one. " The king, who was now in a much better humor to be pleased than when, writhing in anguish, he had ordered Democedes to be put to thetorture, laughed at this reply, and released the captive from thebonds entirely. He ordered him to be conducted by the attendants tothe apartments of the palace, where the wives of Darius and the otherladies of the court resided, that they might see him and express theirgratitude.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Hesupposed that Democedes, of course, considered his condition ofcaptivity as a fixed and permanent one; and that his fetters were not, in themselves, an injustice or disgrace, but the necessary andunavoidable concomitant of his lot, so that the sending of goldenfetters to a slave was very naturally, in his view, like presenting agolden crutch to a cripple. Democedes received the equivocal donationwith great good nature. He even ventured upon a joke on the subject tothe convalescent king. "It s...eems, sire, " said he "that in return formy saving your limb and your life, you double my servitude. You havegiven me two chains instead of one. " The king, who was now in a much better humor to be pleased than when, writhing in anguish, he had ordered Democedes to be put to thetorture, laughed at this reply, and released the captive from thebonds entirely. He ordered him to be conducted by the attendants tothe apartments of the palace, where the wives of Darius and the otherladies of the court resided, that they might see him and express theirgratitude.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Abbott Jacob to read onlineMoreLess
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