Xen. Cyrop. 1.1.2
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ἔτι δὲ πρὸς τούτοις ἐνενοοῦμεν ὅτι ἄρχοντες μέν εἰσι καὶ οἱ βουκόλοι τῶν βοῶν καὶ οἱ ἱπποφορβοὶ τῶν ἵππων , καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ καλούμενοι νομεῖς ὧν ἂν ἐπιστατῶσι ζῴων εἰκότως ἂν ἄρχοντες τούτων νομίζοιντο : πάσας τοίνυν ταύτας τὰς ἀγέλας ἐδοκοῦμεν ὁρᾶν μᾶλλον ἐθελούσας πείθεσθαι τοῖς νομεῦσιν ἢ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοῖς ἄρχουσι . πορεύονταί τε γὰρ αἱ ἀγέλαι ᾗ ἂν αὐτὰς εὐθύνωσιν οἱ νομεῖς , νέμονταί τε χωρία ἐφ᾽ ὁποῖα ἂν αὐτὰς ἐπάγωσιν , ἀπέχονταί τε ὧν ἂν αὐτὰς ἀπείργωσι : καὶ τοῖς καρποῖς τοίνυν τοῖς γιγνομένοις ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐῶσι τοὺς νομέας χρῆσθαι οὕτως ὅπως ἂν αὐτοὶ βούλωνται . ἔτι τοίνυν οὐδεμίαν πώποτε ἀγέλην ᾐσθήμεθα συστᾶσαν ἐπὶ τὸν νομέα οὔτε ὡς μὴ πείθεσθαι οὔτε ὡς μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν τῷ καρπῷ χρῆσθαι , ἀλλὰ καὶ χαλεπώτεραί εἰσιν αἱ ἀγέλαι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ἢ τοῖς ἄρχουσί τε καὶ ὠφελουμένοις ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν : ἄνθρωποι δὲ ἐπ᾽ οὐδένας μᾶλλον συνίστανται ἢ ἐπὶ τούτους οὓς ἂν αἴσθωνται ἄρχειν αὑτῶν ἐπιχειροῦντας .
And
in
addition
to
this
,
we
reflected
that
cowherds
are
the
rulers
of
their
cattle
,
that
grooms
are
the
rulers
of
their
horses
,
and
that
all
who
are
called
herdsmen
might
properly
be
regarded
as
the
rulers
of
the
animals
over
which
they
are
placed
in
charge
.
Now
we
noticed
,
as
we
thought
,
that
all
these
herds
obeyed
their
keepers
more
readily
than
men
obey
their
rulers
.
For
the
herds
go
wherever
their
keeper
directs
them
and
graze
in
those
places
to
which
he
leads
them
and
keep
out
of
those
from
which
he
excludes
them
.
They
allow
their
keeper
,
moreover
,
to
enjoy
,
just
as
he
will
,
the
profits
that
accrue
from
them
.
And
then
again
,
we
have
never
known
of
a
herd
conspiring
against
its
keeper
,
either
to
refuse
obedience
to
him
or
to
deny
him
the
privilege
of
enjoying
the
profits
that
accrue
.
At
the
same
time
,
herds
are
more
intractable
to
strangers
than
to
their
rulers
and
those
who
derive
profit
from
them
.
Men
,
however
,
conspire
against
none
sooner
than
against
those
whom
they
see
attempting
to
rule
over
them
.