Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Walter Miller (Translator), 2.4.31

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[31]
And when it was day, Cyrus sent forward a¹ messenger to the Armenian with instructions to speak to him as follows: King of Armenia , Cyrus bids you take steps as quickly as possible to deliver to him the tribute and the troops. And if he asks where I am, tell the truth and say that I am at the frontier. And if he asks whether I also am coming in person, tell the truth in that case also and say that you do not know. But if he inquires how many men we are, bid him send some one along with you and find out.

Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.

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Cyropaedia (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol 5-6. Miller, Walter,editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1914.)

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Κύρου παιδεία Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910.) — 2.4.31 focus

[31] Κῦρος δέ, ἐπειδὴ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, ἄγγελον μὲν προέπεμπε πρὸς τὸν Ἀρμένιον, εἰπὼν αὐτῷ λέγειν ὧδε· Κῦρος, ὦ Ἀρμένιε, κελεύει οὕτω ποιεῖν σε ὅπως ὡς τάχιστα ἔχων ἀπίῃ καὶ τὸν δασμὸν καὶ τὸ στράτευμα. ἢν δʼ ἐρωτᾷ ὅπου εἰμί, λέγε τἀληθῆ ὅτι ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁρίοις. ἢν δʼ ἐρωτᾷ εἰ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔρχομαι, λέγε κἀνταῦθα τἀληθῆ ὅτι οὐκ οἶσθα. ἐὰν δʼ ὁπόσοι ἐσμὲν πυνθάνηται, συμπέμπειν τινὰ κέλευε καὶ μαθεῖν.

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