Xenophon Cyropaedia 5.4.43

ed. Edgar Carew Marchant

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[43]
καὶ ὁ Κῦρος πρὸς ταῦτα εἶπε· δοκεῖς μοι, ὦ Γωβρύα, θαυμάζειν ὅτι ἐν ᾧ μὲν χρόνῳ πολὺ μείονα ἔχων στρατιὰν ἦλθον, πρὸς αὐτὸ τὸ τεῖχος προσῆγον· νῦν δʼ ἐπεὶ πλείονα δύναμιν ἔχω, οὐκ ἐθέλω ὑπʼ αὐτὰ τὰ τείχη ἄγειν.

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.) — 5.4.43 focus

[43]
You seem to be surprised, Gobryas, said¹ Cyrus in answer, that I marched right up to the walls when I came with a much smaller army, whereas now with a larger force I am unwilling to march close up under the walls.

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