Literary Record Details

Author: XENOPHON Hist.

Opus: Cyropaedia
Reference: Xen.Cyr.6.3.36

Period: Late Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: historiography
Object:
Gender: m
Context: military

Greek Text: ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι ἀπεκρίναντο ὅτι οὐ καλὸν εἴη ταῦτα ὑφίεσθαι, διεκλήρωσεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἔλαχεν ὁ Ἀβραδάτας ᾗπερ ὑφίστατο

English Text: But they answered that it was inconsistent with their idea of honour to yield the place to him; accordingly, he had them cast lots; and Abradatas was assigned by lot to the place for which he had volunteered