Cambyses, as I recall, had a wicked sense of humor. He could get more mileage out of one humane execution (by flaying the body of the deceased crooked judge, covering a cushion with it, and commanding the judge's son to sit on it and take up the responsibility his father had relinquished) than most could get from the sack of an entire city.
Cambyses, as I recall, had a wicked sense of humor. He could get more mileage out of one humane execution (by flaying the body of the deceased crooked judge, covering a cushion with it, and commanding the judge's son to sit on it and take up the responsibility his father had relinquished) than most could get from the sack of an entire city.
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