Xen. Cyrop. 1.2.1
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
πατρὸς μὲν δὴ ὁ Κῦρος λέγεται γενέσθαι Καμβύσου Περσῶν βασιλέως : ὁ δὲ Καμβύσης οὗτος τοῦ Περσειδῶν γένους ἦν : οἱ δὲ Περσεῖδαι ἀπὸ Περσέως κλῄζονται : μητρὸς δὲ ὁμολογεῖται Μανδάνης γενέσθαι : ἡ δὲ Μανδάνη αὕτη Ἀστυάγους ἦν θυγάτηρ τοῦ Μήδων γενομένου βασιλέως . φῦναι δὲ ὁ Κῦρος λέγεται καὶ ᾁδεται ἔτι καὶ νῦν ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων εἶδος μὲν κάλλιστος , ψυχὴν δὲ φιλανθρωπότατος καὶ φιλομαθέστατος καὶ φιλοτιμότατος , ὥστε πάντα μὲν πόνον ἀνατλῆναι , πάντα δὲ κίνδυνον ὑπομεῖναι τοῦ ἐπαινεῖσθαι ἕνεκα .
The
father
of
Cyrus
is
said
to
have
been
Cambyses
,
king
of
the
Persians
:
this
Cambyses
belonged
to
the
stock
of
the
Persidae
,
and
the
Persidae
derive
their
name
from
Perseus
.
His
mother
,
it
is
generally
agreed
,
was
Mandane
;
and
this
Mandane
was
the
daughter
of
Astyages
,
sometime
king
of
the
Medes
.
And
even
to
this
day
the
barbarians
tell
in
story
and
in
song
that
Cyrus
was
most
handsome
in
person
,
most
generous
of
heart
,
most
devoted
to
learning
,
and
most
ambitious
,
so
that
he
endured
all
sorts
of
labour
and
faced
all
sorts
of
danger
for
the
sake
of
praise
.