Page:Plutarch's Lives (Clough, v.5, 1865).djvu/463

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ARTAXERXES. 455 pired, after a life of ninety-four years, and a reign of sixty-two. And then he seemed a moderate and gracious governor, more especially as compared to his son Ochus, who outdid all his predecessors in blood- thirstiness and cruelty.