Xenophon Cyropaedia 4.5.27

ed. Edgar Carew Marchant

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[27]
Κῦρος Κυαξάρῃ χαίρειν. ἡμεῖς σε οὔτε ἔρημον κατελίπομεν· οὐδεὶς γάρ, ὅταν ἐχθρῶν κρατῇ, τότε φίλων ἔρημος γίγνεται· οὐδὲ μὴν ἀποχωροῦντές γέ σε οἰόμεθα ἐν κινδύνῳ καθιστάναι· ἀλλὰ ὅσῳ πλέον ἀπέχομεν, τοσούτῳ πλέονά σοι τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ποιεῖν νομίζομεν·

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.) — 4.5.27 focus

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My Dear Cyaxares:
We have not left you deserted; for no one¹ is deserted by his friends at a time when he is conquering his enemies. We do not even think that we have brought you into any danger through our departure; but we maintain that the farther away we are, the greater the security we provide for you.

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