Ξενοφωντος Κυρου ΠαιδειαW. Heinemann, 1914 - Greek literature |
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Page 455 - I am Cyrus, king of the world, the great king, the powerful king, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world...
Page 455 - Teispis, the great king, King of Anshan, of ancient seed-royal, whose reign Bel and Nabu love, whose sovereignty they regard necessary to their happiness. When I made my gracious entrance into Babylon, with joy and rejoicing I took up my lordly residence in the royal palace. Marduk, the great lord, [granted] me favour among the Babylonians, and I gave daily care to his worship. My numerous troops marched peacefully into Babylon. In all Sumer and Akkad, the noble race, I permitted no unfriendly treatment....
Page 329 - ... there are places even where one man earns a living by only stitching shoes, another by cutting them out, another by sewing the uppers together, while there is another who performs none of these operations but only assembles the parts.
Page 331 - Inhl8slfte food. And how he far surpassed in every other way of courting favour, I will now explain. Though he far exceeded all other men in the amount of the revenues he received, yet he excelled still more in the quantity of presents he made. It was Cyrus, therefore, who began the practice of lavish giving, and among the kings it continues even to this day. 8. For who has richer friends to show than the Persian king ? Who is there that is known to adorn his friends with more beautiful robes than...
Page 476 - PHILOSTRATUS, THE LIFE OF APOLLONIUS OF TYANA translated by FC Conybeare, of University College, Oxford! 2 volumes.
Page 454 - ... the month * * * the gods of Maradda, the god Zamama, and the gods of Kish, Beltis, and the gods of Har-sag-kalam-ma entered Babylon. By the end of Elul the gods of Akkad, those who are above as well as those below the firmament, entered Babylon. The gods of Borsippa, Kutha, and Sippar did not enter. In the month Tammuz, when Cyrus gave battle in Opis (and ?) on the river Salsallat to the troops of Akkad, the people of Akkad he subdued (?). Whenever the people collected themselves, he slew them....
Page 291 - Recognizing these facts, he selected eunuchs for every post of personal service to him, from the door-keepers up. 66. But, as he deemed this guard insufficient in The palace view of the multitude of those who bore him ill-will...
Page 415 - Cyrus to cope with the magnitude of his empire; by means of this institution he would speedily discover the condition of affairs, no matter how far distant they might be from him: he experimented to find out how great a distance a horse could cover in a day when ridden hard but so as not to break down, and then he erected post-stations at just such distances and equipped them with horses and men to take care of them...
Page 411 - MSS. who went with them and from the allies ; to require as many as received lands and palaces to attend at the satrap's court and exercising proper self-restraint to put themselves at his disposal in whatever he demanded ; to have the boys that were born to them educated at the local court, just as was done at the royal court...
Page 219 - Ward, showing no mercy to his horses but drawing blood from them in streams with every stroke of the lash. And the rest of the chariot-drivers also rushed forward with him. And the opposing chariots at once broke into flight before them ; some, as they fled, took up their dismounted 1 fighting men, others left theirs behind. 30. But Abradatas plunged directly through them and hurled himself upon the Egyptian phalanx ; and the nearest of those who were arrayed with him also joined in the charge. Now,...