Xen. Cyrop. 1.2.3
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οἱ δὲ Περσικοὶ νόμοι προλαβόντες ἐπιμέλονται ὅπως τὴν ἀρχὴν μὴ τοιοῦτοι ἔσονται οἱ πολῖται οἷοι πονηροῦ τινος ἢ αἰσχροῦ ἔργου ἐφίεσθαι . ἐπιμέλονται δὲ ὧδε . ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἐλευθέρα ἀγορὰ καλουμένη , ἔνθα τά τε βασίλεια καὶ τἆλλα ἀρχεῖα πεποίηται . ἐντεῦθεν τὰ μὲν ὤνια καὶ οἱ ἀγοραῖοι καὶ αἱ τούτων φωναὶ καὶ ἀπειροκαλίαι ἀπελήλανται εἰς ἄλλον τόπον , ὡς μὴ μιγνύηται ἡ τούτων τύρβη τῇ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων εὐκοσμίᾳ .
The
Persian
laws
,
however
,
begin
at
the
beginning
and
take
care
that
from
the
first
their
citizens
shall
not
be
of
such
a
character
as
ever
to
desire
anything
improper
or
immoral
;
and
the
measures
they
take
are
as
follows
.
They
have
their
so-called
"
Free
Square
,
"
where
the
royal
palace
and
other
government
buildings
are
located
.
The
hucksters
with
their
wares
,
their
cries
,
and
their
vulgarities
are
excluded
from
this
and
relegated
to
another
part
of
the
city
,
in
order
that
their
tumult
may
not
intrude
upon
the
orderly
life
of
the
cultured
.