Sed videbat id sine rege Perse non posse fieri ideoque eum amicum sibi cupiebat adiungi, neque dubitabat facile se consecuturum, si modo eius conveniundi habuisset potestatem. Nam Cyrum fratrem ei bellum clam parare Lacedaemoniis adiuvantibus sciebat; id si aperuisset, magnam se initurum gratiam videbat.
It was clear to him, however, that he could accomplish nothing without the aid of the Persian king, and for that reason he desired to win his friendship. And he felt confident of so doing, if only he could have the opportunity of meeting him. For he knew that the kings brother Cyrus was secretly planning to make war upon Artaxerxes with the help of the Lacedaemonians, and he perceived that if he should give information of that plot, he would win great gratitude.
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