Xenophon Hellenica 2.1.8

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τούτῳ δὲ τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ καὶ Κῦρος ἀπέκτεινεν Αὐτοβοισάκην καὶ Μιτραῖον, υἱεῖς ὄντας τῆς Δαρειαίου ἀδελφῆς τῆς τοῦ Ξέρξου τοῦ Δαρείου πατρός, ὅτι αὐτῷ ἀπαντῶντες οὐ διέωσαν διὰ τῆς κόρης τὰς χεῖρας, ὃ ποιοῦσι βασιλεῖ μόνον· ἡ δὲ κόρη ἐστὶ μακρότερον ἢ χειρίς, ἐν ᾗ τὴν χεῖρα ἔχων οὐδὲν ἂν δύναιτο ποιῆσαι.

Hellenica. Xenophon. Oxford. 1900.

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Ἑλληνικά (Greek) (Xenophon. Xenophontis Opera Omnia, Vol. 1. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900.)

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Hellenica Perseus (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 1-2. Brownson, Carleton L., editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918-1921.) — 2.1.8 focus

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It was in this year that Cyrus put to death Autoboesaces and Mitraeus, who were sons of Darius’ sister—the daughter of Darius’ father Xerxes—because upon meeting him they did not thrust their hands through the corê, an honour they show the¹ King alone. (The corê is a longer sleeve than the cheiris, and a man who had his hand in one would be powerless to do anything.)

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