
Abradatas is hacked to pieces, and Panthea kills herself over his corpse. Croesus is defeated by Cyrus, and tries to teach him what “know thyself” means. And Cyrus surrounds himself with a bodyguard… of eunuchs? In this episode, Brian, Shilo, and Jeff finally confront the question of what “the education of Cyrus” really means. To suffer is to learn… but do any of these people really learn anything?
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