Xenophon, Memorabilia, Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator), 3.6.12

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[12] I am sure you have not visited them, and so cannot tell why the amount derived from them has fallen.
No, indeed, I have not been there.
To be sure: the district is considered unhealthy, and so when you have to offer advice on the problem, this excuse will serve.
You’re chaffing me.

Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.

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Memorabilia (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923.)

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Ἀπομνημονεύματα Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 2. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 3.6.12 focus

[12] ἴσως, ἔφη ὁ Γλαύκων, βέλτιον. εἴς γε μήν, ἔφη, τἀργύρεια οἶδʼ ὅτι οὐκ ἀφῖξαι, ὥστʼ ἔχειν εἰπεῖν διʼ ὅ τι νῦν ἐλάττω ἢ πρόσθεν προσέρχεται αὐτόθεν. οὐ γὰρ οὖν ἐλήλυθα, ἔφη. καὶ γὰρ νὴ Δίʼ, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτης, λέγεται βαρὺ τὸ χωρίον εἶναι, ὥστε, ὅταν περὶ τούτου δέῃ συμβουλεύειν, αὕτη σοι ἡ πρόφασις ἀρκέσει. σκώπτομαι, ἔφη ὁ Γλαύκων.

Xenophon Memorabilia 3.6.12

Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator)

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