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I have thus run through the almost necessary consequences of explaining the assertion by Iamblichus that Pythagoras was taken prisoner by the Persians under Cambyses by supposing it due to the fact that he had been taken prisoner by the Persians under Cyrus. You have seen how the consequences fit into fact and have, I hope, been impressed with the necessity of explaining testimonies whether they be true or whether, as in this case, they be false.