Xenophon Cyropaedia 5.1.27

ed. Edgar Carew Marchant

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[27]
ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔλεξεν ὁ Τιγράνης ὧδε· σύ, ἔφη, ὦ Κῦρε, μήποτε θαυμάσῃς ἂν ἐγὼ σιωπῶ· ἡ γὰρ ψυχή, ἔφη, οὐχ ὡς βουλεύσουσα παρεσκεύασται ἀλλʼ ὡς ποιήσουσα ὅ τι ἂν παραγγέλλῃς.

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.) — 5.1.27 focus

[27]
Following him, Tigranes spoke as follows: Cyrus, said he, you need never be surprised when I fail to speak. For my mind has been disciplined not to offer counsel but to do what you command.

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