Literary Record Details

Author: XENOPHON Hist.

Opus: Cyropaedia
Reference: Xen.Cyr.7.1.16

Period: Late Classical

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

Greek Text: ὥστ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽, ἔφη, εἰ μὴ ἔλαχον τήνδε τὴν τάξιν, ᾐσχυνόμην ἂν ἐνθάδε ὤν: οὕτω πολύ μοι δοκῶ ἐν ἀσφαλεστάτῳ εἶναι

English Text: if I had not obtained this position by lot, I should, for my part, be ashamed of being here, so much the safest position do I think I occupy