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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 ======+====== Xenophon: Hiero, or The Tyrant ======
  
 ===== A Discourse on Despotic Rule ===== ===== A Discourse on Despotic Rule =====
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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, whose furniture consists of temples and pillared porticoes, (2) harbours, market-places? 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, whose furniture consists of temples and pillared porticoes, (2) harbours, market-places?
  
- (2) Reading {parastasi}, properly "pillasters" (Poll. i. 76. 10. 25) = + (2) Reading {parastasi}, properly "pillasters" (Poll. i. 76. 10. 25) = "antae," hence "templum in antis" (see Vitruv. iii. 2. 2); or more widely the entrance of a temple or other building. (Possibly the author is thinking of "the Propylea").Cf. Eur. "Phoen." 415; "I. T." 1159. = {stathmoi}, Herod. i. 179; Hom. "Il." xiv. 167; "Od." vii. 89, {stathmoi d' argureoi en khalkeo estasan oudio}.
- "antae," hence "templum in antis" (see Vitruv. iii. 2. 2); or more +
-  widely the entrance of a temple or other building. (Possibly the +
-  author is thinking of "the Propylea").Cf. Eur. "Phoen." 415; "I. +
- T." 1159. = {stathmoi}, Herod. i. 179; Hom. "Il." xiv. 167; "Od." +
- 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. + concluding sentence is gnomic in character and metrical in form. 
-    See "Pol. Lac." xv. 9.+ See "Pol. Lac." xv. 9.
  
  
  
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