# Κύρου παιδεία 4.13-4

Xenophon, Κύρου παιδεία, Κύρου Παιδείας Η, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-4/4.13-4

προϊόντος δὲ τοῦ συμποσίου ὁ Κῦρος τὸν Γωβρύαν ἐπήρετο· εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Γωβρύα, νῦν ἂν δοκεῖς ἥδιον τῶνδέ τῳ τὴν θυγατέρα δοῦναι ἢ ὅτε τὸ πρῶτον ἡμῖν συνεγένου; οὐκοῦν, ἔφη ὁ Γωβρύας, κἀγὼ τἀληθῆ λέγω; νὴ Δίʼ, ἔφη ὁ Κῦρος, ὡς ψεύδους γε οὐδεμία ἐρώτησις δεῖται. εὖ τοίνυν, ἔφη, ἴσθι ὅτι νῦν ἂν πολὺ ἥδιον. ἦ καὶ ἔχοις ἄν, ἔφη ὁ Κῦρος, εἰπεῖν διότι;

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Xenophon, Κύρου παιδεία, 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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