Anabasis 2.6.19
LYDIA LIU /
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
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ἄρχειν δὲ καλῶν μὲν καὶ ἀγαθῶν δυνατὸς ἦν : οὐ μέντοι οὔτ᾽ αἰδῶ τοῖς στρατιώταις ἑαυτοῦ οὔτε φόβον ἱκανὸς ἐμποιῆσαι , ἀλλὰ καὶ ᾐσχύνετο μᾶλλον τοὺς στρατιώτας ἢ οἱ ἀρχόμενοι ἐκεῖνον : καὶ φοβούμενος μᾶλλον ἦν φανερὸς τὸ ἀπεχθάνεσθαι τοῖς στρατιώταις ἢ οἱ στρατιῶται τὸ ἀπιστεῖν ἐκείνῳ .
As
a
leader
,
he
was
qualified
to
command
gentlemen
,
but
he
was
not
capable
of
inspiring
his
soldiers
with
either
respect
for
himself
or
fear
;
on
the
contrary
,
he
really
stood
in
greater
awe
of
his
men
than
they
,
whom
he
commanded
,
did
of
him
,
and
it
was
manifest
that
he
was
more
afraid
of
incurring
the
hatred
of
his
soldiers
than
they
were
of
disobeying
him
.