Xenophon Cyropaedia 3.3.69

Walter Miller (Translator)

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[69]
But when Cyrus realized what was going on, he¹ feared lest his men, even if they did force their way in, might be worsted by superior numbers, for his own men were but few; so he gave orders to retreat still facing the foe, until they were out of range.

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.) — 3.3.69 focus

[69] ὡς δʼ ἔγνω ὁ Κῦρος τὰ γιγνόμενα, δείσας μὴ καὶ εἰ βιάσαιντο εἴσω, ὀλίγοι ὄντες ὑπὸ πολλῶν σφαλεῖέν τι, παρηγγύησεν ἐπὶ πόδʼ ἀνάγειν ἔξω βελῶν καὶ πείθεσθαι.

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