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The horse was commanded by Armamithras and Tithaeus, sons of
Datis. The other commander, Pharnuches, who was to have been their
colleague, had been left sick at Sardis; since at the moment that he
was leaving the city, a sad mischance befell him: a dog ran under the
feet of the horse upon which he was mounted; and the horse, not seeing
it coming, was startled, and, rearing bolt upright, threw his
rider. After this fall Pharnuches spat blood, and fell into a
consumption. As for the horse, he was treated at once as Pharnuches
ordered: the attendants took him to the spot where he had thrown his
master, and there cut off his four legs at the hough. Thus
Pharnuches lost his command.
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