captis enim a Cyro Sardibus, cum unus e numero Persarum ignarus viri in caedem eius concitato impetu ferretur, velut oblitus quid sibi Fortuna nascenti denegasset, ne Croesum regem occideret proclamando paene iam impressum iugulo mucronem revocavit.
For when Sardis was taken by Cyrus, one of the Persians, not knowing who Croesus was, came rushing headlong to kill him; as though forgetting what Fortune had denied him at birth, the son cried out, Dont kill king Croesus, and so recalled the blade that was already almost pressing his fathers throat.
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