Hellenica

but also Cyrus, who had come in order to be ruler of all the peoples on the coast and to support the Lacedaemonians in the war. This Cyrus brought with[*](407 B.C.) him a letter, addressed to all the dwellers upon the sea[*](i.e. the maritime provinces of Asia Minor, as contrasted with the interior of the Persian Empire.) and bearing the King’s seal, which contained among other things these words: I send down Cyrus as caranus[*](The word caranus means lord.) of those whose mustering-place is Castolus.

When the Athenian ambassadors heard all this and saw Cyrus, they wished, if it were possible, to make their journey to the King, but otherwise to return home.