# Ἀπομνημονεύματα 4.9-2-10

Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, 4.9 to 4.10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-11/4.9-2

πάνυ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη. τὸ δὲ τοὺς ὑπηκόους εὐμενεῖς ποιεῖσθαι πῶς οὐ καλὸν ἀμφοτέροις; καὶ τοῦτʼ, ἔφη. συμμάχους δὲ καὶ βοηθοὺς προσάγεσθαι δοκεῖ σοι συμφέρειν ἀμφοτέροις ἢ οὔ; πάνυ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη. ἀλλὰ φυλακτικοὺς τῶν ὄντων οὐκ ἀμφοτέρους εἶναι προσήκει; σφόδρα γʼ, ἔφη. οὐκοῦν καὶ ἐπιμελεῖς καὶ φιλοπόνους ἀμφοτέρους εἶναι προσήκει περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα; ταῦτα μέν, ἔφη, πάντα ὁμοίως ἀμφοτέρων ἐστίν· ἀλλὰ τὸ μάχεσθαι οὐκέτι ἀμφοτέρων. ἀλλʼ ἐχθροί γέ τοι ἀμφοτέροις γίγνονται; καὶ μάλα, ἔφη, τοῦτό γε. οὐκοῦν τὸ περιγενέσθαι τούτων ἀμφοτέροις συμφέρει;

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Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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