The Anabasis, Or Expedition of Cyrus, and the Memorabilia of Socrates: Literally Tr. from the Greek of XenophonH. G. Bohn, 1854 - 518 pages |
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... person , giving to another the reputation of the work . " The passage is somewhat obscure , for there is a word , such as λéyɛɩ , want- ing ; I translate it in the sense in which it is taken by Leun- clavius and Wyttenbach . In ...
... person , giving to another the reputation of the work . " The passage is somewhat obscure , for there is a word , such as λéyɛɩ , want- ing ; I translate it in the sense in which it is taken by Leun- clavius and Wyttenbach . In ...
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... person's name . If there were two Anabases , we may suppose that Xenophon's superseded that of Themistogenes , and caused it to be lost . The name of Themistogenes , as an author , is mentioned by no writer besides those whom we have ...
... person's name . If there were two Anabases , we may suppose that Xenophon's superseded that of Themistogenes , and caused it to be lost . The name of Themistogenes , as an author , is mentioned by no writer besides those whom we have ...
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... áλεσÐαι тà önλa . ] “ To hold out the shield and the spear , the one to defend the person , and the other to repel or attack an adversary . " Kühner . CH . 2. ] CYRUS ADVANCES INTO CILICIA . 9 8 [ B. I. THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS .
... áλεσÐαι тà önλa . ] “ To hold out the shield and the spear , the one to defend the person , and the other to repel or attack an adversary . " Kühner . CH . 2. ] CYRUS ADVANCES INTO CILICIA . 9 8 [ B. I. THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS .
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... person in power , one of the provincial governors having accused them of conspiring against him . 21. They then made an attempt to enter Cilicia ; but the sole entrance was a road broad enough only for a single car- riage , very steep ...
... person in power , one of the provincial governors having accused them of conspiring against him . 21. They then made an attempt to enter Cilicia ; but the sole entrance was a road broad enough only for a single car- riage , very steep ...
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... person who had desired Cyrus to send for him , refused to go ; this refusal being given for the sake of keep- ing up appearances . Ἐκ τούτων . ] " Ex his , secundum hæc , h . e . in hac rerum con- ditione . " Kühner . Bornemann ...
... person who had desired Cyrus to send for him , refused to go ; this refusal being given for the sake of keep- ing up appearances . Ἐκ τούτων . ] " Ex his , secundum hæc , h . e . in hac rerum con- ditione . " Kühner . Bornemann ...
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Page vii - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page vii - Socrates the wisest of all men living, because he judiciously made choice of human nature for the object of his thoughts ; an inquiry into which as much exceeds all other learning, as it is of more consequence to adjust the true nature and measures of right and wrong, than to settle the distances of the planets, and compute the times of their circumvolutions.
Page 263 - CHESNEY— THE EXPEDITION FOR THE SURVEY OF THE RIVERS EUPHRATES and TIGRIS, carried on by order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837.
Page 472 - Are you willing then," said Socrates, " that we should make a delta on this side, and an alpha3 on that, and then that we should put whatever seems to us to be a work of justice under the delta, and whatever seems to be a work of injustice under the alpha?" "If you think that we need those letters," said Euthydemus,
Page 318 - Hence they proceeded three days' journey through a desert tract of country, a distance of fifteen parasangs, to the river Euphrates, and passed it without being wet higher than the middle. The sources of the river were said not to be far off. From hence they advanced three days...
Page 505 - ... preferred pleasure to virtue ; so wise, that he never erred in distinguishing better from worse, needing no counsel from others, but being sufficient in himself to discriminate between them ; so able to explain and settle such questions by argument ; and so capable of discerning the character of others, of confuting those who were in error, and of exhorting them to virtue and honour, he seemed to be such as the best and happiest of men would be. But if any one disapproves of my opinion, let him...
Page 398 - ... your mother, lest, regarding you as an ungrateful person, they should be disinclined to do you good ; and you will have regard, also, to the opinion of men, lest, observing you to be neglectful of your parents, they should all...
Page 505 - To me, being such as I have described him, so pious that he did nothing without the sanction of the gods ; so just, that he wronged no man even in the most trifling affair, but was of service, in the most important matters, to those who enjoyed his society ; so temperate, that he never preferred pleasure to virtue; so wise, that he never erred in distinguishing better from worse, needing no counsel from others, but being sufficient in himself to discriminate between them ; so able to explain and...
Page 402 - Even when friends and slaves were sick, he said that he noticed people calling in physicians to their slaves, and carefully providing other means for their recovery, but paying no attention to their friends ; and that, if both died, they grieved for their slaves, and thought that they had suffered a loss, but considered that they lost nothing in losing friends. Of their other possessions they left nothing untended or unheeded, but when their friends required attention, they utterly neglected them....