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The Works of Xenophon by H. G. Dakyns, Macmillan and Co., 1897. | The Works of Xenophon by H. G. Dakyns, Macmillan and Co., 1897. | ||
- | ====== Hiero, or The Tyrant: Xenophon | + | ====== |
===== A Discourse on Despotic Rule ===== | ===== A Discourse on Despotic Rule ===== | ||
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Or let a sick man be attended with a like solicitude by both. It is plain, the kind attentions of the mighty potentate (9) arouse in the patient' | Or let a sick man be attended with a like solicitude by both. It is plain, the kind attentions of the mighty potentate (9) arouse in the patient' | ||
- | (9) "Their mightinesses," | + | (9) "Their mightinesses," |
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(10) "The greatest jubilance." | (10) "The greatest jubilance." | ||
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Or say, they are the givers of two gifts which shall be like in all respects. It is plain enough in this case also that "the gracious favour" | Or say, they are the givers of two gifts which shall be like in all respects. It is plain enough in this case also that "the gracious favour" | ||
- | (11) Or, "half the great man's ' | + | (11) Or, "half the great man's ' |
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Nay, as it seems to me, an honour from the gods, a grace divine, is shed about the path of him the hero-ruler. (12) Not only does command itself ennoble manhood, but we gaze on him with other eyes and find the fair within him yet more fair who is to-day a prince and was but yesterday a private citizen. (13) Again, it is a prouder satisfaction doubtless to hold debate with those who are preferred to us in honour than with people on an equal footing with ourselves. | Nay, as it seems to me, an honour from the gods, a grace divine, is shed about the path of him the hero-ruler. (12) Not only does command itself ennoble manhood, but we gaze on him with other eyes and find the fair within him yet more fair who is to-day a prince and was but yesterday a private citizen. (13) Again, it is a prouder satisfaction doubtless to hold debate with those who are preferred to us in honour than with people on an equal footing with ourselves. | ||
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First, the palace: do you imagine that a building, beautified in every way at an enormous cost, will afford you greater pride and ornament than a whole city ringed with walls and battlements, | First, the palace: do you imagine that a building, beautified in every way at an enormous cost, will afford you greater pride and ornament than a whole city ringed with walls and battlements, | ||
- | (2) Reading {parastasi}, | + | (2) Reading {parastasi}, |
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- | T." 1159. = {stathmoi}, Herod. i. 179; Hom. " | + | |
- | vii. 89, {stathmoi d' argureoi en khalkeo estasan oudio}. | + | |
The brazen thresholds both sides did enfold | The brazen thresholds both sides did enfold | ||
Silver pilasters, hung with gates of gold (Chapman). | Silver pilasters, hung with gates of gold (Chapman). | ||
- | Al. {pastasi}, = colonnades. | + | Al. {pastasi}, = colonnades. |
Next, as to armaments: Will you present a greater terror to the foe if you appear furnished yourself from head to foot with bright emlazonrie and horrent arms; (3) or rather by reason of the warlike aspect of a whole city perfectly equipped? | Next, as to armaments: Will you present a greater terror to the foe if you appear furnished yourself from head to foot with bright emlazonrie and horrent arms; (3) or rather by reason of the warlike aspect of a whole city perfectly equipped? | ||
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(13) Al. "It shall be yours to be happy and yet to escape envy." The | (13) Al. "It shall be yours to be happy and yet to escape envy." The | ||
- | | + | concluding sentence is gnomic in character and metrical in form. |
- | See "Pol. Lac." xv. 9. | + | See "Pol. Lac." xv. 9. |
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