He was a soldier from his youth upward, and left his children who were born in the purple to be educated by women, who humoured and spoilt them.
'A rare education, truly!' Yes, such an education as princesses who had recently grown rich might be expected to give them in a country where the men were solely occupied with warlike pursuits.

'Likely enough.' Their father had possessions of men and animals, and never considered that the race to whom he was about to make them over had been educated in a very different school, not like the Persian shepherd, who was well able to take care of himself and his own.

He did not see that his children had been brought up in the Median fashion, by women and eunuchs.

The end was that one of the sons of Cyrus slew the other, and lost the kingdom by his own folly.

Observe, again, that Darius, who restored the kingdom, had not received a royal education.