Xen. Cyrop. 1.1.4
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καὶ γάρ τοι τοσοῦτον διήνεγκε τῶν ἄλλων βασιλέων , καὶ τῶν πατρίους ἀρχὰς παρειληφότων καὶ τῶν δι᾽ ἑαυτῶν κτησαμένων , ὥσθ᾽ ὁ μὲν Σκύθης καίπερ παμπόλλων ὄντων Σκυθῶν ἄλλου μὲν οὐδενὸς δύναιτ᾽ ἂν ἔθνους ἐπάρξαι , ἀγαπῴη δ᾽ ἂν εἰ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἔθνους ἄρχων διαγένοιτο , καὶ ὁ Θρᾷξ Θρᾳκῶν καὶ ὁ Ἰλλυριὸς Ἰλλυριῶν , καὶ τἆλλα δὲ ὡσαύτως ἔθνη ἀκούομεν τὰ γοῦν ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ ἔτι καὶ νῦν αὐτόνομα εἶναι λέγεται καὶ λελύσθαι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων : Κῦρος δὲ παραλαβὼν ὡσαύτως οὕτω καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ἔθνη αὐτόνομα ὄντα ὁρμηθεὶς σὺν ὀλίγῃ Περσῶν στρατιᾷ ἑκόντων μὲν ἡγήσατο Μήδων , ἑκόντων δὲ Ὑρκανίων , κατεστρέψατο δὲ Σύρους , Ἀσσυρίους , Ἀραβίους , Καππαδόκας , Φρύγας ἀμφοτέρους , Λυδούς , Κᾶρας , Φοίνικας , Βαβυλωνίους , ἦρξε δὲ Βακτρίων καὶ Ἰνδῶν καὶ Κιλίκων , ὡσαύτως δὲ Σακῶν καὶ Παφλαγόνων καὶ Μαγαδιδῶν , καὶ ἄλλων δὲ παμπόλλων ἐθνῶν , ὧν οὐδ᾽ ἂν τὰ ὀνόματα ἔχοι τις εἰπεῖν , ἐπῆρξε δὲ καὶ Ἑλλήνων τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ , καταβὰς δ᾽ ἐπὶ θάλατταν καὶ Κυπρίων καὶ Αἰγυπτίων .
But
all
this
is
not
so
surprising
after
all
,
so
very
different
was
he
from
all
other
kings
,
both
those
who
have
inherited
their
thrones
from
their
fathers
and
those
who
have
gained
their
crowns
by
their
own
efforts
;
the
Scythian
king
,
for
instance
,
would
never
be
able
to
extend
his
rule
over
any
other
nation
besides
his
own
,
although
the
Scythians
are
very
numerous
,
but
he
would
be
well
content
if
he
could
maintain
himself
in
power
over
his
own
people
;
so
the
Thracian
king
with
his
Thracians
,
the
Illyrian
with
his
Illyrians
,
and
so
also
all
other
nations
,
we
are
told
.
Those
in
Europe
,
at
any
rate
,
are
said
to
be
free
and
independent
of
one
another
even
to
this
day
.
But
Cyrus
,
finding
the
nations
in
Asia
also
independent
in
exactly
the
same
way
,
started
out
with
a
little
band
of
Persians
and
became
the
leader
of
the
Medes
by
their
full
consent
and
of
the
Hyrcanians
by
theirs
;
he
then
conquered
Syria
,
Assyria
,
Arabia
,
Cappadocia
,
both
Phrygias
,
Lydia
,
Caria
,
Phoenicia
,
and
Babylonia
;
he
ruled
also
over
Bactria
,
India
,
and
Cilicia
;
and
he
was
likewise
king
of
the
Sacians
,
Paphlagonians
,
Magadidae
,
and
very
many
other
nations
,
of
which
one
could
not
even
tell
the
names
;
he
brought
under
his
sway
the
Asiatic
Greeks
also
;
and
,
descending
to
the
sea
,
he
added
both
Cyprus
and
Egypt
to
his
empire
.