# Οἰκονομικός 18.1

Xenophon, Οἰκονομικός, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-12/18.1

ἀτὰρ οὖν, ἔφην ἐγώ, ἐκ τούτου ἄρα θερίζειν εἰκός. δίδασκε οὖν εἴ τι ἔχεις με καὶ εἰς τοῦτο. ἂν μή γε φανῇς, ἔφη, καὶ εἰς τοῦτο ταὐτὰ ἐμοὶ ἐπιστάμενος. ὅτι μὲν οὖν τέμνειν τὸν σῖτον δεῖ οἶσθα. τί δʼ οὐ μέλλω; ἔφην ἐγώ. πότερʼ ἂν οὖν τέμνοις, ἔφη, στὰς ἔνθα πνεῖ ἄνεμος ἢ ἀντίος; οὐκ ἀντίος, ἔφην, ἔγωγε· χαλεπὸν γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ τοῖς ὄμμασι καὶ ταῖς χερσὶ γίγνεται ἀντίον ἀχύρων καὶ ἀθέρων θερίζειν.

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Xenophon, Οἰκονομικός, 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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