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[15]
ἐγὼ τοίνυν, ἔφη ὁ Τιγράνης, εἰ μὲν ἄγασαι τοῦ πατρὸς ἢ ὅσα βεβούλευται ἢ ὅσα πέπραχε, πάνυ σοι συμβουλεύω τοῦτον μιμεῖσθαι· εἰ μέντοι σοι δοκεῖ πάντα ἡμαρτηκέναι, συμβουλεύω τοῦτον μὴ μιμεῖσθαι. οὐκοῦν, ἔφη ὁ Κῦρος, τὰ δίκαια ποιῶν ἥκιστʼ ἂν τὸν ἁμαρτάνοντα μιμοίμην. ἔστιν, ἔφη, ταῦτα. κολαστέον ἄρʼ ἂν εἴη κατά γε τὸν σὸν λόγον τὸν πατέρα, εἴπερ τὸν ἀδικοῦντα δίκαιον κολάζειν. πότερα δʼ ἡγῇ, ὦ Κῦρε, ἄμεινον εἶναι σὺν τῷ σῷ ἀγαθῷ τὰς τιμωρίας ποιεῖσθαι ἢ σὺν τῇ σῇ ζημίᾳ; ἐμαυτὸν ἄρα, ἔφη, οὕτω γʼ ἂν τιμωροίμην.

Cyropaedia. Xenophon. ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. Oxford. 1910.

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

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Cyropaedia Perseus (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol 5-6. Miller, Walter,editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1914.) — 3.1.15 focus

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Well said Tigranes, if you approve either of my father’s theory or his practice, then I advise you by all means to imitate him. But if you think he has done wrong throughout, I advise you not to imitate him.
Well then, said Cyrus, if I should do what is right, I should surely not be imitating the one who does wrong.
That is true, said he.
Then, according to your reasoning, your father must be punished, if indeed it is right that the one who does wrong should be punished.
Which do you think is better for you, Cyrus, to mete out your punishments to your benefit or to your own injury?
In the latter case, at least, said he, I should be punishing myself.

Xenophon Cyropaedia 3.1.15

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