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ἐπεὶ δὲ πορευόμενος καθεώρα τὴν τῶν Βαβυλωνίων πόλιν καὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ ἡ ὁδὸς ἣν ᾔει παρʼ αὐτὸ τὸ τεῖχος φέρειν, καλέσας τὸν Γωβρύαν καὶ τὸν Γαδάταν ἠρώτα εἰ εἴη ἄλλη ὁδός, ὥστε μὴ πάνυ ἐγγὺς τοῦ τείχους ἄγειν.
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καὶ ὁ Γωβρύας εἶπεν· εἰσὶ μέν, ὦ δέσποτα, καὶ πολλαὶ ὁδοί· ἀλλʼ ἔγωγʼ, ἔφη, ᾠόμην καὶ βούλεσθαι ἄν σε νῦν ὅτι ἐγγυτάτω τῆς πόλεως ἄγειν, ἵνα καὶ ἐπιδείξαις αὐτῷ ὅτι τὸ στράτευμά σου ἤδη πολύ τέ ἐστι καὶ καλόν· ἐπειδὴ καὶ ὅτε ἔλαττον εἶχες προσῆλθές τε πρὸς αὐτὸ τὸ τεῖχος καὶ ἐθεᾶτο ἡμᾶς οὐ πολλοὺς ὄντας· νῦν δὲ εἰ καὶ παρεσκευασμένος τί ἐστιν, ὥσπερ πρὸς σὲ εἶπεν ὅτι παρασκευάζοιτο ὡς μαχούμενός σοι, οἶδʼ ὅτι ἰδόντι αὐτῷ τὴν σὴν δύναμιν πάλιν ἀπαρασκευαστότατα τὰ αὑτοῦ φανεῖται.
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καὶ ὁ Κῦρος πρὸς ταῦτα εἶπε· δοκεῖς μοι, ὦ Γωβρύα, θαυμάζειν ὅτι ἐν ᾧ μὲν χρόνῳ πολὺ μείονα ἔχων στρατιὰν ἦλθον, πρὸς αὐτὸ τὸ τεῖχος προσῆγον· νῦν δʼ ἐπεὶ πλείονα δύναμιν ἔχω, οὐκ ἐθέλω ὑπʼ αὐτὰ τὰ τείχη ἄγειν.
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ἀλλὰ μὴ θαύμαζε· οὐ γὰρ τὸ αὐτό ἐστι προσάγειν τε καὶ παράγειν. προσάγουσι μὲν γὰρ πάντες οὕτω ταξάμενοι ὡς ἂν ἄριστοι εἶεν μάχεσθαι καὶ ἀπάγουσι δὲ οἱ σώφρονες ᾗ ἂν ἀσφαλέστατα,
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οὐχ ᾗ ἂν τάχιστα ἀπέλθοιεν, παριέναι δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐστὶν ἐκτεταμέναις μὲν ταῖς ἁμάξαις, ἀνειρμένοις δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις σκευοφόροις ἐπὶ πολύ· ταῦτα δὲ πάντα δεῖ προκεκαλύφθαι τοῖς ὁπλοφόροις καὶ μηδαμῇ τοῖς πολεμίοις γυμνὰ ὅπλων τὰ σκευοφόρα φαίνεσθαι.
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