Anabasis 2.6.16 - 2.6.18
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
Πρόξενος δὲ ὁ Βοιώτιος εὐθὺς μὲν μειράκιον ὢν ἐπεθύμει γενέσθαι ἀνὴρ τὰ μεγάλα πράττειν ἱκανός : καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔδωκε Γοργίᾳ ἀργύριον τῷ Λεοντίνῳ .
ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεγένετο ἐκείνῳ , ἱκανὸς νομίσας ἤδη εἶναι καὶ ἄρχειν καὶ φίλος ὢν τοῖς πρώτοις μὴ ἡττᾶσθαι εὐεργετῶν , ἦλθεν εἰς ταύτας τὰς σὺν Κύρῳ πράξεις : καὶ ᾤετο κτήσεσθαι ἐκ τούτων ὄνομα μέγα καὶ δύναμιν μεγάλην καὶ χρήματα πολλά :
τοσούτων δ᾽ ἐπιθυμῶν σφόδρα ἔνδηλον αὖ καὶ τοῦτο εἶχεν , ὅτι τούτων οὐδὲν ἂν θέλοι κτᾶσθαι μετὰ ἀδικίας , ἀλλὰ σὺν τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ καλῷ ᾤετο δεῖν τούτων τυγχάνειν , ἄνευ δὲ τούτων μή .
ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεγένετο ἐκείνῳ , ἱκανὸς νομίσας ἤδη εἶναι καὶ ἄρχειν καὶ φίλος ὢν τοῖς πρώτοις μὴ ἡττᾶσθαι εὐεργετῶν , ἦλθεν εἰς ταύτας τὰς σὺν Κύρῳ πράξεις : καὶ ᾤετο κτήσεσθαι ἐκ τούτων ὄνομα μέγα καὶ δύναμιν μεγάλην καὶ χρήματα πολλά :
τοσούτων δ᾽ ἐπιθυμῶν σφόδρα ἔνδηλον αὖ καὶ τοῦτο εἶχεν , ὅτι τούτων οὐδὲν ἂν θέλοι κτᾶσθαι μετὰ ἀδικίας , ἀλλὰ σὺν τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ καλῷ ᾤετο δεῖν τούτων τυγχάνειν , ἄνευ δὲ τούτων μή .
Proxenus
the
Boeotian
wanted
right
from
boyhood
to
become
a
man
worthy
of
doing
great
things
:
and
because
of
this
wanting
,
he
gave
money
to
Gorgias
of
Leontini
.
When he bore himself to him , now fit to be ruler and being a friend to the foremost , to not be defeated by the benefactors , he moved into this business with Cyrus , he expected to get himself a great name , great power , and much money out of this .
So clearly wanting to have these things very much , that he nevertheless wanted to get himself these things not with injustice , but he expected that he needed to attain these things with good and justice , and not without these things .
When he bore himself to him , now fit to be ruler and being a friend to the foremost , to not be defeated by the benefactors , he moved into this business with Cyrus , he expected to get himself a great name , great power , and much money out of this .
So clearly wanting to have these things very much , that he nevertheless wanted to get himself these things not with injustice , but he expected that he needed to attain these things with good and justice , and not without these things .