§1.209.1ἐπείτε δὲ ἐπεραιώθη τὸν Ἀράξεα, νυκτὸς ἐπελθούσης εἶδε ὄψιν εὕδων ἐν τῶν Μασσαγετέων τῇ χωρῇ τοιήνδε· ἐδόκεε ὁ Κῦρος ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ ὁρᾶν τῶν Ὑστάσπεος παίδων τὸν πρεσβύτατον ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων πτέρυγας καὶ τουτέων τῇ μὲν τὴν Ἀσίην τῇ δὲ τὴν Εὐρώπην ἐπισκιάζειν.
When he had crossed the Araxes, and night came on, he saw a vision in his sleep in the land of the Massagetae as follows: Cyrus seemed to see in his sleep the eldest of the sons of Hystaspes having wings upon his shoulders, and with one of these overshadowing Asia, and with the other Europe.
§1.209.2Ὑστάσπεϊ δὲ τῷ Ἀρσάμεος ἐόντι ἀνδρὶ Ἀχαιμενίδῃ ἦν τῶν παίδων Δαρεῖος πρεσβύτατος, ἐὼν τότε ἡλικίην ἐς εἴκοσί κου μάλιστα ἔτεα, καὶ οὗτος κατελέλειπτο ἐν Πέρσῃσι· οὐ γὰρ εἶχέ κω ἡλικίην στρατεύεσθαι.
Now to Hystaspes, the son of Arsames, an Achaemenid, Darius was the eldest of his sons, being at that time about twenty years of age at most, and he had been left behind in Persia; for he was not yet of an age to go to war.
§1.209.3ἐπεὶ ὦν δὴ ἐξηγέρθη ὁ Κῦρος, ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιος.
When therefore Cyrus awoke, he deliberated with himself concerning the vision.
ὡς δέ οἱ ἐδόκεε μεγάλη εἶναι ἡ ὄψις, καλέσας Ὑστάσπεα καὶ ἀπολαβὼν μοῦνον εἶπε
Ὕστασπες, παῖς σὸς ἐπιβουλεύων ἐμοί τε καὶ τῇ ἐμῇ ἀρχῇ ἑάλωκε.
And since the vision seemed to him to be of great importance, he called Hystaspes, and taking him aside alone, he said: "Hystaspes, your son has been caught plotting against me and my empire.
ὡς δὲ ταῦτα ἀτρεκέως οἶδα, ἐγὼ σημανέω· §1.209.4ἐμεῦ θεοὶ κήδονται καί μοι πάντα προδεικνύουσι τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα.
How I know this for certain, I will explain: the gods care for me, and show me beforehand everything that is coming.
ἤδη ὦν ἐν τῇ παροιχομένῃ νυκτὶ εὕδων εἶδον τῶν σῶν παίδων τὸν πρεσβύτατον ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων πτέρυγας καὶ τουτέων τῇ μὲν τὴν Ἀσίην τῇ δὲ τὴν Εὐρώπην ἐπισκιάζειν.
Now in the night that has just passed, as I slept, I saw the eldest of your sons having wings upon his shoulders, and with one of these overshadowing Asia, and with the other Europe.
§1.209.5οὔκων ἐστὶ μηχανὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψιος ταύτης οὐδεμία τὸ μὴ ἐκεῖνον ἐπιβουλεύειν ἐμοί·
Therefore, from this vision there is no possibility whatever that he is not plotting against me.
σύ νυν τὴν ταχίστην πορεύεο ὀπίσω ἐς Πέρσας καὶ ποίεε ὅκως, ἐπεὰν ἐγὼ τάδε καταστρεψάμενος ἔλθω ἐκεῖ, ὥς μοι καταστήσεις τὸν παῖδα ἐς ἔλεγχον.
Do you then go back to Persia with all speed, and see to it that, when I have conquered these regions and arrive there, you shall present your son before me for examination."