Cyropaedia 2.4.6

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
370
Reference
Cyropaedia 2.4.6
Quotation
καὶ ὁ Κῦρος πρὸς ταῦτα εἶπε: καὶ ποτέρως ἄν, ὦ Κυαξάρη, μᾶλλόν σε ἐκόσμουν, εἴπερ πορφυρίδα ἐνδὺς καὶ ψέλια λαβὼν καὶ στρεπτὸν περιθέμενος σχολῇ κελεύοντι ὑπήκουόν σοι, ἢ νῦν ὅτε σὺν τοιαύτῃ καὶ τοσαύτῃ δυνάμει οὕτω σοι ὀξέως ὑπακούω διὰ τὸ σὲ τιμᾶν ἱδρῶτι καὶ σπουδῇ καὶ αὐτὸς κεκοσμημένος καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐπιδεικνύς σοι οὕτω πειθομένους; Κῦρος μὲν οὖν ταῦτα εἶπεν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cyrus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Dye
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Purple robes, bracelets, necklace (as well as sweat and marks of haste marring the clothing)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Cyrus himself
Notes
Cyrus says he could have worn the first three but bore the last two
Item Identifier
A02203
Determination
Derived directly from text