The Anabasis of Xenophon .. . cipal one.—ttjv fiev yap knl ryKeaXrj, k. t. X. For it is lawful for the king alone to wear his tiaraupright on his head, but that upon the heart, perhaps, if you are present(to assist), even another may easily wear so. The meaning of Tissa-phernes is simply this, that, with such a body of auxiliaries as theGreeks, any one might easily enjoy a spirit as erect as the kingstiara. The King of Persia wore an erect tiara, while those of hissubjects were soft and flexible, falling on one side. The cap wornby the Persians is called by Greek authors KvpBaaia or riapa. Ac-
The Anabasis of Xenophon .. . cipal one.—ttjv fiev yap knl ryKeaXrj, k. t. X. For it is lawful for the king alone to wear his tiaraupright on his head, but that upon the heart, perhaps, if you are present(to assist), even another may easily wear so. The meaning of Tissa-phernes is simply this, that, with such a body of auxiliaries as theGreeks, any one might easily enjoy a spirit as erect as the kingstiara. The King of Persia wore an erect tiara, while those of hissubjects were soft and flexible, falling on one side. The cap wornby the Persians is called by Greek authors KvpBaaia or riapa. Ac-cording to Moeris, nvpSaoia was the Attic term, ridpa meaning thesame thing in common Greek. Strabo calls the Persian cap rnXnuaTcvpyurov, felt in the shape of a tower (xv., p. 231). The kingwas also distinguished by the splendid colors of his tiara, and by adiadema which encircled it, and which was variegated by whitespots upon a blue ground. The following wood-cut shows the tiaraas worn by a sovereign of NOTES TO BOOK II. CHAPTER V. 389 $24. ravra eliruv Ido^e rw Oeap^cj, k. t. A. These arguments con-vinced Clearchus ; for they were not only extremely specious, but,as the wily Persian perhaps knew, they were his own.—tyn. Ausual pleonasm, when elite has neither rude nor ude added to it.(Krug., ad loc.)—olrtvec. They, who.—tolovtcjv tj/xcp elc (j>i?.iavvnapxovTuv. When such inducements to friendship exist for us , when such circumstances concur to make us friends.—6ia6u?.£ By bringing (secret) charges against.—ra laxara. Theextremity of punishment. Literally, the uttermost, or lastthings. $25. kv rJ) ep<pavei. •* In a public manner. Kriiger suspects that etcXoyovc has fallen from the text after ?.oxayoi. Its presence wouldcertainly improve the construction.—Ae£« tovq npoc mention those who tell me.—kfiol eni6ovXeveic, k. t. A. Thecommon text has kmSovheveic tfiot re nai ry, k. t. X. $27. Ik tovtuv 6jj tuv Xo
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