# Κύρου παιδεία 4.29-31

Xenophon, Κύρου παιδεία, 4.29 to 4.31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-4/4.29

ἐπεὶ δὲ παρεσκευάζετο ἤδη ὁ Κῦρος ὡς ἀπιών, παρῆν ὁ Γαδάτας ἄλλα τε δῶρα πολλὰ καὶ παντοῖα φέρων καὶ ἄγων ὡς ἂν ἐξ οἴκου μεγάλου, καὶ ἵππους δὲ ἦγε πολλοὺς ἀφελόμενος τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἱππέων οἷς ἠπιστήκει διὰ τὴν ἐπιβουλήν. ὡς δʼ ἐπλησίασεν, ἔλεξε τοιάδε. ὦ Κῦρε, νῦν μέν σοι ἐγὼ ταῦτα δίδωμι ἐν τῷ παρόντι, καὶ χρῶ αὐτοῖς, ἐὰν δέῃ τι· νόμιζε δʼ, ἔφη, καὶ τἆλλα πάντα τἀμὰ σὰ εἶναι. οὔτε γὰρ ἔστιν οὔτʼ ἔσται ποτὲ ὅτῳ ἐγὼ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φύντι καταλείψω τὸν ἐμὸν οἶκον· ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη, ἔφη, σὺν ἐμοὶ τελευτῶντι πᾶν ἀποσβῆναι τὸ ἡμέτερον γένος καὶ ὄνομα. καὶ ταῦτα, ἔφη, ὦ Κῦρε, ὄμνυμί σοι θεούς, οἳ καὶ ὁρῶσι πάντα καὶ ἀκούουσι πάντα, οὔτε ἄδικον οὔτε αἰσχρὸν οὐδὲν οὔτε εἰπὼν οὔτε ποιήσας ἔπαθον. καὶ ἅμα ταῦτα λέγων κατεδάκρυσε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τύχην καὶ οὐκέτι ἐδυνήθη πλείω εἰπεῖν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0032.tlg007.local001/.