Dicitur acinace stricto Dareus dubitasse an fugae dedecus honesta morte vitaret; sed eminens curru nondum omnem suorum aciem proelio excedentem destituere erubescebat, dumque inter spem et desperationem haesitat, sensim Persae cedebant et laxaverant ordines.
It is said that Darius, drawn scimitar in hand, hesitated whether to avoid the disgrace of flight by an honourable death; but standing as he was high in his chariot, he blushed to abandon the battle-line of his subjects, who were not yet all leaving the field, and while he wavered between hope and despair, the Persians gradually gave ground and opened their ranks.
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