Xenophon, Anabasis, Carleton L. Brownson (Translator), 7.7.23

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[23] Now it seemed to me an important thing that a man in such a place should not be thought to have dismissed benefactors without gratitude, an important thing also to be well spoken of by six thousand men,¹ but most important of all that you should by no means set yourself down as untrustworthy in whatever you say.

Anabasis. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1921-1922.

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Anabasis (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 2-3. Brownson, Carleton L, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1921-1922.)

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Ἀνάβασις Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 3. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1904.) — 7.7.23 focus

[23] τοιούτῳ δὲ ὄντι ἀνδρὶ μέγα μέν μοι ἐδόκει εἶναι μὴ δοκεῖν ἀχαρίστως ἀποπέμψασθαι ἄνδρας εὐεργέτας, μέγα δὲ εὖ ἀκούειν ὑπὸ ἑξακισχιλίων ἀνθρώπων, τὸ δὲ μέγιστον μηδαμῶς ἄπιστον σαυτὸν καταστῆσαι ὅ τι λέγοις.

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Anabasis

1. cp. the enumeration of the Ten Thousand in Xen. Anab. 5.3.3 , and see especially Xen. Anab. 7.2.3-4 and 6.

Xenophon Anabasis 7.7.23

Carleton L. Brownson (Translator)

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