Xenophon's Anabasis 1.9.24
James /
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Description of Cyrus
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
[ 24 ] καὶ τὸ μὲν τὰ μεγάλα νικᾶν τοὺς φίλους εὖ ποιοῦντα οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν , ἐπειδή γε καὶ δυνατώτερος ἦν : τὸ δὲ τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ περιεῖναι τῶν φίλων καὶ τῷ προθυμεῖσθαι χαρίζεσθαι , ταῦτα ἔμοιγε μᾶλλον δοκεῖ ἀγαστὰ εἶναι .
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24
]
To
be
sure
,
the
fact
that
he
outdid
his
friends
in
the
greatness
of
the
benefits
he
conferred
is
nothing
surprising
,
for
the
manifest
reason
that
he
had
greater
means
than
they
;
but
that
he
surpassed
them
in
solicitude
and
in
eagerness
to
do
favours
,
this
in
my
opinion
is
more
admirable
.