Shah Cyrus of Persia said,
I have never yet been afraid of any men, who have set a place in the middle of their city, where they could come together to cheat each other and tell one another lies under oath.(Boorstin 1992, 96).
Analysis:
This quote is basically saying that Cyrus is afraid of no Greek. He is referring to an agora or the Olympic Games and other events as a place where people come together to cheat each other, ”..where they could come together to cheat each other…”. Shah Cyrus is in a sense bad mouthing the agora and other Greek events. When Cyrus state's that “ ...tell one another lies under oath.” he means that the Greeks practice perjury. Shah Cyrus has evidence to back up his statement. First example of the Greeks cheating
