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  • Book 1: Kurou Paideias A
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    IV. thusas de kai ho Kuros nikêtêria hestiôn ekalese tôn philôn hoi malist' auton auxein te boulomenoi phaneroi êsan kai timôntes eunoïkôtata. sunekalese de autois kai Artabazon ton Mêdon kai Tigranên ton Armenion kai ton Hurkanion hipparchon kai Gôbruan. [2] Gadatas de tôn skêptouchôn êrchen autôi+, kai hêi ekeinos diekosmêsen pasa endon diaita katheistêkei: kai hopote men sundeipnoien tines, oud' ekathize Gadatas, all' epemeleito: hopote de autoi eien, kai sunedeipnei: hêdeto gar autôi sunôn: anti de toutôn pollois kai megalois etimato hupo tou Kurou, dia de Kuron kai hup' allôn. [3] hôs d' êlthon hoi klêthentes epi to deipnon, ouch hopou etuchen hekaston+ ekathizen, all' hon men malista etima+, para tên aristeran cheira, hôs euepibouleutoteras tautês ousês ê tês dexias, ton de deuteron para tên dexian, ton de triton palin para tên aristeran, ton de tetarton para tên dexian: kai ên pleones ôsin, hôsautôs. [4] saphênizesthai+ de hôs hekaston etima touto+ edokei+ autôi agathon+ einai+, hoti hopou men oiontai hanthrôpoi ton kratisteuonta mête kêruchthêsesthai mête athla lêpsesthai, dêloi eisin entautha ou philonikôs pros allêlous echontes: hopou de malista pleonektôn ho kratistos phainetai, entautha prothumotata phaneroi eisin agônizomenoi pantes. [5] kai ho Kuros de houtôs esaphênize men tous kratisteuontas par' heautôi, euthus arxamenos ex hedras kai parastaseôs. ou mentoi athanaton tên tachtheisan hedran katestêsato, alla nomimon epoiêsato kai agathois ergois probênai eis tên timiôteran hedran, kai ei tis rhaidiourgoiê, anachôrêsai eis tên atimoteran. ton de prôteuonta en hedrai êischuneto ou pleista kai agatha echonta par' autou phainesthai. kai tauta de epi Kurou genomena houtôs eti kai nun diamenonta aisthanometha.

    [6] epei de edeipnoun, edokei tôi Gôbruai to men polla hekasta einai ouden ti thaumaston par' andri pollôn archonti: to de ton Kuron houtô megala prattonta, ei ti hêdu doxeie labein, mêden toutôn monon katadapanan, all' ergon echein auton edomenon toutou koinônein tous parontas, pollakis de kai tôn apontôn philôn estin hois heôra pemponta tauta auton hois hêstheis tuchoi: [7] hôste epei ededeipnêkesan kai panta ta polla onta diepepomphei ho Kuros apo tês trapezês, eipen ara ho Gôbruas: all', egô, ô Kure, prosthen men hêgoumên toutôi se pleiston diapherein anthrôpôn tôi stratêgikôtaton einai: nun de theous omnumi ê mên emoi dokein pleon se diapherein philanthrôpiai ê stratêgiai. [8]  Di', ephê ho Kuros: kai men kai epideiknumai ta erga polu hêdion philanthrôpias ê stratêgias. pôs ; ephê ho Gôbruas. hoti, ephê, ta men kakôs poiounta anthrôpous dei epideiknusthai, ta de eu. [9] ek toutou epei hupepinon, êreto ho Hustaspas ton Kuron: ar' an, ephê, ô Kure, achthestheiês moi, ei se eroimên ho boulomai sou puthesthai; alla nai ma tous theous, ephê, tounantion toutou achthoimên an soi, ei aisthoimên siôpônta ha bouloio eresthai. lege moi, ephê, êdê pôpote kalesantos sou ouk êlthon; euphêmei, ephê ho Kuros. all' hupakouôn scholêi hupêkousa; oude touto. prostachthen de ti êdê soi ouk epraxa; ouk aitiômai, ephê. ho de prattoimi, estin ho ti pôpote ou prothumôs ê ouch hêdomenôs prattonta me kategnôs; touto pantôn hêkista, ephê ho Kuros. [10] tinos mên heneka, ephê, pros tôn theôn, ô Kure, Chrusantan egrapsas hôste eis tên timiôteran emou chôran hidruthênai; ê legô; ephê ho Kuros. pantôs, ephê ho Hustaspas. kai su au ouk achthesêi moi akouôn talêthê; [11] hêsthêsomai men oun, ephê, ên eidô hoti ouk adikoumai. Chrusantas toinun, ephê, houtosi prôton men ou klêsin anemenen, alla prin kaleisthai parên tôn hêmeterôn heneka: epeita de ou to keleuomenon monon, alla kai ho ti autos gnoiê ameinon einai pepragmenon hêmin touto epratten. hopote de eipein ti deoi eis tous summachous, ha men eme ôieto prepein legein emoi sunebouleuen: ha de eme aisthoito boulomenon men eidenai tous summachous, auton de me aischunomenon peri emautou legein, tauta houtos legôn hôs heautou gnômên apephaineto: hôst' en ge toutois ti kôluei auton kai emou emoi kreittona einai; kai heautôi men aei phêsi panta ta paronta arkein, emoi de aei phaneros esti skopôn ti an prosgenomenon onêseien, epi te tois emois kalois polu mallon emou agalletai kai hêdetai. [12] pros tauta ho Hustaspas eipe: tên Hêran, ô Kure, hêdomai ge tauta se erôtêsas. ti malista; ephê ho Kuros. hoti kagô peirasomai tauta poiein: hen monon, ephê, agnoô, pôs an eiên dêlos chairôn epi tois sois agathois: poteron krotein dei cheire ê gelan ê ti poiein. kai ho Artabazos eipen: orcheisthai dei to Persikon. epi toutois men gelôs egeneto.

    [13] proïontos de tou sumposiou ho Kuros ton Gôbruan epêreto: eipe moi, ephê, ô Gôbrua, nun an dokeis hêdion tônde tôi tên thugatera dounai ê hote to prôton hêmin sunegenou; oukoun, ephê ho Gôbruas, kagô talêthê legô; Di', ephê ho Kuros, hôs pseudous ge oudemia erôtêsis deitai. eu toinun, ephê, isthi hoti nun an polu hêdion. ê kai echois an, ephê ho Kuros, eipein dioti; [14] egôge. lege . hoti tote men heôrôn tous ponous kai tous kindunous euthumôs autous pherontas, nun de horô autous tagatha sôphronôs pherontas. dokei de moi, ô Kure, chalepôteron einai heurein andra+ tagatha kalôs pheronta ê ta kaka: ta men gar hubrin tois pollois, ta de sôphrosunên tois pasin empoiei. [15] kai ho Kuros eipen: êkousas, ô Hustaspa, Gôbruou to rhêma; nai ma Di', ephê: kai ean polla toiauta ge legêi, polu mallon me tês thugatros mnêstêra lêpsetai ê ean ekpômata polla moi epideiknuêi. [16] ê mên, ephê ho Gôbruas, polla ge moi esti toiauta sungegrammena, hôn egô soi ou phthonêsô, ên tên thugatera mou gunaika lambanêis: ta d' ekpômata, ephê, epeidê ouk anechesthai moi phainei, ouk oid'+ ei Chrusantai+ toutôiï , epei kai tên hedran sou huphêrpase. [17] kai men , ephê ho Kuros, ô Hustaspa, kai hoi alloi de hoi parontes, ên emoi legête, hotan tis humôn gamein epicheirêsêi, gnôsesthe hopoios tis kagô sunergos humin esomai. [18] kai ho Gôbruas eipen: ên de tis ekdounai boulêtai thugatera, pros tina dei legein; pros eme, ephê ho Kuros, kai touto: panu gar, ephê, deinos eimi tautên tên technên. [19] poian; ephê ho Chrusantas. to gnônai hopoios an gamos hekastôi sunarmoseie. kai ho Chrusantas ephê: lege pros tôn theôn poian tina moi gunaika oiei sunarmosein kallista. [20] prôton men, ephê, mikran: mikros gar kai autos ei: ei de megalên gameis, ên pote boulêi autên orthên philêsai, prosallesthai se deêsei hôsper ta kunaria. touto men , ephê, orthôs pronoeis: kai gar oud' hopôstioun haltikos eimi. [21] epeita d', ephê, simê an soi ischurôs sumpheroi. pros ti au touto; hoti, ephê, su grupos ei: pros oun tên simotêta saph' isthi hoti grupotês arist' an prosarmoseie. legeis su, ephê, hôs kai tôi eu dedeipnêkoti hôsper kai egô nun adeipnos an sunarmottoi. nai ma Di', ephê ho Kuros: tôn men gar mestôn grupê gastêr gignetai, tôn de adeipnôn simê. [22] kai ho Chrusantas ephê: psuchrôi d' an, pros tôn theôn, basilei echois an eipein poia tis sunoisei; entautha men ho te Kuros exegelase kai hoi alloi homoiôs. [23] gelôntôn de hama eipen ho Hustaspas: polu g', ephê, malista toutou se, ô Kure, zêlô en têi basileiai. tinos; ephê ho Kuros. hoti dunasai kai psuchros ôn gelôta parechein. kai ho Kuros eipen: epeit' ouk an priaio ge pampollou hôste soi taut' eirêsthai, kai apangelthênai par' hêi eudokimein boulei hoti asteios ei; kai tauta men houtô dieskôpteto.

    [24] meta de tauta Tigranêi men exênenke gunaikeion kosmon, kai ekeleuse têi gunaiki dounai, hoti andreiôs sunestrateueto tôi andri, Artabazôi de chrusoun ekpôma, tôi d' Hurkaniôi+ hippon+ kai alla polla kai kala edôrêsato+. soi de, ephê, ô Gôbrua, dôsô+ andra têi thugatri+. [25] oukoun eme, ephê ho Hustaspas, dôseis, hina kai ta sungrammata labô. ê kai esti soi, ephê ho Kuros, ousia axia tôn tês paidos; Di', ephê, pollaplasiôn men oun chrêmatôn. kai pou, ephê ho Kuros, esti soi hautê ousia; entautha, ephê, hopouper kai su kathêsai philos ôn emoi. arkei moi, ephê ho Gôbruas: kai euthus ekteinas tên dexian, didou, ephê, ô Kure: dechomai gar. [26] kai ho Kuros labôn tên tou Hustaspou dexian edôke tôi Gôbruai, ho d' edexato. ek de toutou polla kai kala edôke dôra tôi Hustaspai, hopôs têi paidi pempseie: Chrusantan d' ephilêse prosagagomenos. kai ho Artabazos eipe: ma Di', [27] ephê, ô Kure, ouch homoiou ge chrusou emoi te to ekpôma dedôkas kai Chrusantai to dôron. alla kai soi, ephê, dôsô. epêreto ekeinos pote; eis triakoston, ephê, etos. hôs anamenountos, ephê, kai ouk apothanoumenou houtô paraskeuazou. kai tote men houtôs elêxen skênê: exanistamenôn d' autôn exanestê kai ho Kuros kai xumproupempsen autous epi tas thuras.

    [28] têi de husteraiai tous ethelousious summachous genomenous apepempen oikade hekastous, plên hosoi autôn oikein eboulonto par' autôi: toutois de chôran kai oikous edôke, kai nun eti echousin hoi tôn katameinantôn tote apogonoi: pleistoi d' eisi Mêdôn kai Hurkaniôn: tois d' apiousi dôrêsamenos polla kai amemptous poiêsamenos kai archontas kai stratiôtas apepempsato. [29] ek toutou de diedôke kai tois peri hauton stratiôtais ta chrêmata hosa ek Sardeôn elabe: kai tois men muriarchois kai tois peri hauton hupêretais exaireta edidou pros tên axian+ hekastôi, ta d' alla dieneime: kai to meros hekastôi dous tôn muriarchôn epetrepsen autois dianemein hôsper autos ekeinois dieneimen. [30] edidosan de ta men alla chrêmata archôn archontas tous huph' heautôi dokimazôn: ta de teleutaia hoi hexadarchoi tous huph' heautois idiôtas dokimasantes pros tên axian hekastôi edidosan: kai houtô pantes eilêphesan to dikaion meros. [31] epei de eilêphesan ta tote dothenta, hoi men tines elegon peri tou Kurou toiade: ê pou autos ge polla echei, hopou ge kai hêmôn hekastôi tosauta dedôken: hoi de tines autôn elegon: poia polla echei; ouch ho Kurou tropos toioutos hoios chrêmatizesthai, alla didous mallon ê ktômenos hêdetai.

    [32] aisthomenos de ho Kuros toutous tous logous kai tas doxas tas peri hautou sunelexe tous philous te kai tous epikairious hapantas kai elexen hôde.

    ô andres philoi, heôraka men êdê anthrôpous hoi boulontai dokein pleiô kektêsthai ê echousin, eleutheriôteroi an oiomenoi houtô phainesthai: emoi de dokousin, ephê, houtoi toumpalin hou boulontai ephelkesthai: to gar polla dokounta echein kat' axian tês ousias phainesthai ôphelounta tous philous aneleutherian emoige dokei periaptein. [33] eisi d' au, ephê, hoi lelêthenai boulontai hosa an echôsi: ponêroi oun kai houtoi tois philois emoige dokousin einai. dia gar to eidenai ta onta pollakis deomenoi ouk epangellousin hoi philoi tois hetairois, alla têtôntai. [34] haploustatou de moi, ephê, dokei einai to tên dunamin phaneran poiêsanta ek tautês agônizesthai peri kalokagathias. kagô oun, ephê, boulomai humin hosa men hoion t' estin idein tôn emoi ontôn deixai, hosa de hoion te idein, diêgêsasthai. [35] tauta eipôn ta men edeiknue polla kai kala ktêmata: ta de keimena hôs rhaidia einai idein diêgeito: [36] telos d' eipen hôde: tauta, ô andres, hapanta dei humas ouden mallon ema hêgeisthai ê kai humetera: egô gar, ephê, tauta hathroizô outh' hopôs autos katadapanêsô outh' hopôs autos katatripsô: ou gar an dunaimên: all' hopôs echô tôi te aei kalon ti humôn poiounti didonai kai hopôs, ên tis humôn tinos endeisthai nomisêi, pros eme elthôn labêi hou an endeês tunchanêi ôn. kai tauta men houtôs elechthê.



    There are a total of 27 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges:
    2650 [QUESTIONS INTRODUCED BY INTERROGATIVE PARTICLES]
    2240 [CAUSAL CLAUSES]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    410 [b) Akkusativ bei intransitiven und passiven Verben und Adjektiven).]
    394 [b. Gebrauch des Konjunktivs.]
    409 [a) Akkusativ bei transitiven Verben, sowie bei transitiv gebrauchten Intransitiven.]
    424 [Dativ bei Substantiven.]
    441 [b. Pros, vor, bei.]
    416 [Fortsetzung.]
    376 [Medialform mit passiver Bedeutung.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    482 [Fortsetzung über das ergänzende Partizip.]
    589 [Von den Satzfragen.]
    590 [Modi in dem Fragsatze.]
    488 [Hôs in Verbindung mit dem Partizipe.]
    514 [Häufung der Negationen. — Überflüssige Negation.]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    295 [Section IV: ou mê with the Subjunctive and the Future Indicative.]
    455 [2. Optative in Protasis and Apodosis.]
    608 [hôs used like hôste.]
    608 [hôs used like hôste.]
    711 [hoti, before Direct Quotations.]
    677 [Subjunctive or Optative representing the Interrogative Subjunctive.]
    864 [Adverbs connected with the Circumstantial Participle.]
    680 [Subjunctive or Optative representing the Interrogative Subjunctive.]


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