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IV. meta tauta periemenon Tissaphernên hoi te Hellênes kai ho Ariaios⁺ engus allêlôn estratopedeumenoi hêmeras pleious ê eikosin. en de tautais aphiknountai pros Ariaion kai hoi adelphoi kai hoi alloi anankaioi kai pros tous sun ekeinôi Persôn tines, paretharrunon te kai dexias eniois para basileôs epheron mê mnêsikakêsein basilea autois tês sun Kurôi epistrateias mêde allou mêdenos tôn paroichomenôn. [2] toutôn de gignomenôn endêloi êsan hoi peri Ariaion hêtton prosechontes tois Hellêsi ton noun: hôste⁺ kai dia touto tois men pollois tôn Hellênôn ouk êreskon, alla prosiontes tôi Klearchôi elegon kai tois allois stratêgois: [3] ti menomen; ê ouk epistametha hoti⁺ basileus hêmas apolesai an peri pantos poiêsaito, hina kai tois allois Hellêsi phobos eiê epi basilea megan strateuein; kai nun men hêmas hupagetai menein dia to diesparthai autou to strateuma: epan de palin halisthêi autôi hê stratia, ouk estin hopôs ouk epithêsetai hêmin⁺⁺⁺. [4] isôs de pou ê aposkaptei ti ê apoteichizei, hôs aporos eiê hê hodos. ou gar pote hekôn ge boulêsetai hêmas elthontas eis tên Hellada apangeilai hôs hêmeis tosoide ontes enikômen ton basilea epi tais thurais autou kai katagelasantes apêlthomen. [5] Klearchos de apekrinato tois tauta legousin: egô enthumoumai men kai tauta panta: ennoô d' hoti ei nun apimen, doxomen epi polemôi apienai kai para tas spondas poiein. epeita prôton men agoran oudeis⁺ parexei hêmin oude hothen episitioumetha: authis de ho hêgêsomenos oudeis estai⁺: kai hama tauta poiountôn hêmôn euthus Ariaios aphestêxei⁺: hôste philos⁺ hêmin oudeis leleipsetai⁺, alla kai hoi prosthen ontes polemioi hêmin esontai. [6] potamos d' ei men tis kai allos ara hêmin esti⁺ diabateos⁺ ouk oida: ton d' oun Euphratên ismen hoti adunaton diabênai kôluontôn polemiôn. ou men dê an machesthai ge deêi, hippeis eisin hêmin xummachoi, tôn de polemiôn hippeis eisin hoi pleistoi kai pleistou axioi: hôste nikôntes men tina an apokteinaimen; hêttômenôn de oudena hoion te sôthênai. [7] egô men oun basilea, hôi houtô polla esti ta summacha, eiper prothumeitai hêmas apolesai, ouk oida ho ti dei auton omosai kai dexian dounai kai theous epiorkêsai kai ta heautou pista apista poiêsai Hellêsi te kai barbarois. toiauta polla elegen.

[8] en de toutôi hêke Tissaphernês echôn tên heautou dunamin hôs eis oikon apiôn kai Orontas tên heautou dunamin: êge de kai tên thugatera tên basileôs epi gamôi. [9] enteuthen de êdê Tissaphernous hêgoumenou kai agoran parechontos eporeuonto: eporeueto de kai Ariaios to Kurou barbarikon echôn strateuma hama Tissaphernei kai Orontai kai xunestratopedeueto sun ekeinois. [10] hoi de Hellênes huphorôntes toutous autoi eph' heautôn echôroun⁺⁺ hêgemonas echontes. estratopedeuonto de hekastote apechontes allêlôn parasangên kai pleon: ephulattonto de amphoteroi hôsper polemious allêlous, kai euthus touto hupopsian pareichen. [11] eniote de kai xulizomenoi ek tou autou kai chorton kai alla toiauta xullegontes plêgas eneteinon allêlois: hôste kai touto echthran pareiche. [12] dielthontes de treis stathmous aphikonto pros to Mêdias kaloumenon teichos, kai parêlthon eisô autou. ên de ôikodomêmenon plinthois⁺ optais en asphaltôi keimenais, euros eikosi podôn, hupsos de hekaton: mêkos d' elegeto einai eikosi parasangai: apechei de Babulônos ou polu. [13] enteuthen d' eporeuthêsan stathmous duo parasangas oktô: kai diebêsan diôruchas duo, tên men epi gephuras, tên de ezeugmenên ploiois hepta: hautai d' êsan apo tou Tigrêtos potamou: katetetmênto de ex autôn kai taphroi epi tên chôran, hai men prôtai megalai, epeita de elattous: telos de kai mikroi ochetoi, hôsper en têi Helladi epi tas melinas: kai aphiknountai epi ton Tigrêta potamon: pros hôi polis ên megalê kai poluanthrôpos hêi onoma Sittakê, apechousa tou potamou stadious pentekaideka. [14] hoi men oun Hellênes par' autên⁺⁺ eskênêsan engus paradeisou megalou kai kalou kai daseos pantoiôn dendrôn, hoi de barbaroi⁺ diabebêkotes ton Tigrêta: ou mentoi kataphaneis êsan. [15] meta de to deipnon etuchon en peripatôi ontes pro tôn hoplôn Proxenos kai Xenophôn: kai proselthôn anthrôpos tis êrôtêse tous prophulakas pou an idoi Proxenon⁺ ê Klearchon: Menôna de ouk ezêtei, kai tauta par' Ariaiou ôn tou Menônos xenou. [16] epei de Proxenos eipen hoti autos eimi hon zêteis, eipen ho anthrôpos tade. epempse me Ariaios kai Artaozos, pistoi ontes Kurôi kai humin eunoi, kai keleuousi phulattesthai mê humin epithôntai tês nuktos hoi barbaroi: esti de strateuma polu en tôi plêsion paradeisôi⁺. [17] kai para tên gephuran tou Tigrêtos potamou pempsai keleuousi phulakên, hôs dianoeitai autên lusai⁺⁺ Tissaphernês tês nuktos, ean dunêtai, hôs mê diabête⁺⁺ all'⁺⁺ en mesôi⁺ apolêphthête⁺⁺ tou potamou kai tês diôruchos. [18] akousantes tauta agousin auton para ton Klearchon kai phrazousin ha legei. ho de Klearchos akousas etarachthê sphodra kai ephobeito. [19] neaniskos de tis tôn parontôn ennoêsas eipen hôs ouk akoloutha eiê to te epithêsesthai kai lusein tên gephuran. dêlon gar hoti epitithemenous ê nikan deêsei ê hêttasthai. ean men oun nikôsi, ti dei luein autous tên gephuran; oude gar an pollai gephurai ôsin echoimen an hopoi⁺ phugontes hêmeis sôthômen. [20] ean de hêmeis nikômen, lelumenês tês gephuras ouch hexousin⁺ ekeinoi hopoi phugôsin⁺: oude mên boêthêsai pollôn ontôn peran oudeis autois dunêsetai lelumenês tês gephuras. [21] akousas de ho Klearchos tauta êreto ton angelon posê tis eiê chôra hê en mesôi tou Tigrêtos kai tês diôruchos. ho de eipen hoti pollê kai kômai eneisi kai poleis pollai kai megalai. [22] tote dê kai egnôsthê⁺ hoti hoi barbaroi ton anthrôpon⁺ hupopempseian, oknountes mê hoi Hellênes dielontes tên gephuran meinaien en têi nêsôi erumata echontes enthen men ton Tigrêta, enthen de tên diôrucha: ta d' epitêdeia echoien ek tês en mesôi chôras pollês kai agathês ousês kai tôn ergasomenôn enontôn: eita de kai apostrophê genoito ei tis bouloito basilea kakôs poiein. [23] meta de tauta anepauonto: epi mentoi tên gephuran homôs phulakên epempsan: kai oute epetheto oudeis oudamothen oute pros tên gephuran oudeis êlthe⁺ tôn polemiôn, hôs hoi phulattontes apêngellon. [24] epeidê de heôs egeneto, diebainon tên gephuran ezeugmenên ploiois triakonta kai hepta hôs hoion te malista pephulagmenôs: exêngellon gar tines tôn para Tissaphernous Hellênôn hôs diabainontôn melloien epithêsesthai. alla tauta men pseudê ên: diabainontôn mentoi ho Glous [autôn] epephanê met' allôn skopôn ei diabainoien ton potamon: epeidê de eiden, ôicheto apelaunôn.

[25] apo de tou Tigrêtos eporeuthêsan stathmous tettaras parasangas eikosin epi ton Phuskon potamon, to euros plethrou: epên de gephura. kai entautha ôikeito polis megalê onoma Ôpis: pros hên apêntêse tois Hellêsin ho Kurou kai Artaxerxou nothos adelphos apo Sousôn kai Ekbatanôn stratian pollên agôn hôs boêthêsôn basilei: kai epistêsas to heautou strateuma parerchomenous tous Hellênas etheôrei. [26] ho de Klearchos hêgeito men eis duo, eporeueto de allote kai allote ephistamenos: hoson de [an] chronon to hêgoumenon tou strateumatos epistêseie, tosouton ên anankê chronon di' holou tou strateumatos gignesthai tên epistasin: hôste to strateuma kai autois tois Hellêsi doxai pampolu einai, kai ton Persên ekpeplêchthai theôrounta. [27] enteuthen d' eporeuthêsan dia tês Mêdias stathmous erêmous hex parasangas triakonta eis tas Parusatidos kômas tês Kurou kai basileôs mêtros. tautas Tissaphernês Kurôi epengelôn diarpasai tois Hellêsin epetrepse plên andrapodôn⁺. enên de sitos polus kai probata kai alla chrêmata. [28] enteuthen d' eporeuthêsan stathmous erêmous tettaras parasangas eikosi ton Tigrêta potamon en aristerai echontes. en de tôi prôtôi stathmôi peran tou potamou polis ôikeito megalê kai eudaimôn onoma Kainai, ex hês hoi barbaroi diêgon epi schediais diphtherinais artous, turous, oinon.

Cross references from Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges:
947 [Omission of the Verb]
2705 [SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN THE INDICATIVE OR OPTATIVE]
1956 [FUTURE PERFECT]
2050 [THE ATTRIBUTIVE PARTICIPLE]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
417 [Fortsetzung.]
438 [2) Epi, bei, auf,]
455 [Von dem Reflexivpronomen insbesondere).]
467 [b) Die Demonstrativpronomen hode, houtos, ekeinos.)]
370 [Kongruenz des Prädikats bei mehreren Subjekten.]
399 [Gebrauch der Modusformen in den Nebensätzen.]
387 [f) Futur.]
461 [e) Ho, hê, to als eigentlicher Artikel, wie er sich vollständig in der attischen Mundart, besonders in der Prosa entwickelt hat.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
590 [Modi in dem Fragsatze.]
514 [Häufung der Negationen. — Überflüssige Negation.]
533 [Au. Aute. Authis (autis). Autar, atar). Homôs (homoiôs). Eita, epeita.]
560 [Optativ ohne und mit an.]
473 [b) Infinitiv ohne Artikel als Ergänzung von Satzgliedern und Sätzen.]
552 [B. Substantivsätze der Wirkung, eingeleitet durch hopôs, hôs (negativ hopôs, hôs mê)).]
554 [durch die Relativpronomen os, hostis u. s. w. eingeleitet.]
553 [Adverbialsätze der Absicht, durch hina, oft auch hôs, hopôs, ophra (ep. u. lyr.), damit, [heôs ep.] (negativ hina mê, hôs mê u. s. w., auch bloss mê [lat. ne], damit nicht), eingeleitet).]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
* [1218-1471]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
* [141-496]

Cross references from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
1, 189, 1 [BOOK I]
1, 185, 7 [BOOK I]

Cross references from T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8:
8, 8, 1

Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
2, 341 [Book 2 (B)]

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
rhagae [Rhagae]
sandrocottus [Sandrocottus]
mediae-murus [Mediae Murus]

Cross references from A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin):
v1p979 [proxenia]

Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
330 [an, or ke, in Final Clauses with Optative.]
618 [Temporal Particles signifying Until and Before.: heôs, ophra, eis ho or eisoke, este, achri, mechri, until.]
807 [Simple Infinitive and Infinitive with tou, after Verbs of Hindrance, etc.]
826 [Attributive Participle.]
505 [II. Indicative or Subjunctive in Protasis, with Potential Optative or Indicative in Apodosis.]
825 [Attributive Participle.]
826 [Attributive Participle.]
840 [Circumstantial Participle.]

Cross references from Josiah Renick Smith, Xenophon: Memorabilia:
4, 6, 6
2, 3, 9

This text is based on the following book(s):
Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 3. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1904 (repr. 1961).
OCLC: 5877369
ISBN: 019814556X

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