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ὀλίγῳ δ᾽ ὕστερον ἢ τελευτῆσαι Δαρεῖον
ἐξήλασεν εἰς Πασαργάδας ὁ βασιλεύς, ὅπως τελεσθείη τὴν βασιλικὴν τελετὴν
ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Πέρσαις ἱερέων, ἔστι δὲ θεᾶς πολεμικῆς ἱερόν, ἣν
Ἀθηνᾶν ἂν τις εἰκάσειεν.
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εἰς τοῦτο δεῖ
τὸν τελούμενον παρελθόντα τὴν μὲν ἰδίαν ἀποθέσθαι στολήν, ἀναλαβεῖν δὲ
ἣν Κῦρος ὁ παλαιὸς ἐφόρει πρὶν ἢ βασιλεὺς γενέσθαι, καὶ σύκων παλάθης
ἐμφαγόντα τερμίνθου κατατραγεῖν καὶ ποτήριον ἐκπιεῖν ὀξυγάλακτος. εἰ δὲ
πρὸς τούτοις ἕτερ᾽ ἄττα δρῶσιν,
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ἄδηλόν
ἐστι τοῖς ἄλλοις, ταῦτα δρᾶν Ἀρτοξέρξου [p. 132] μέλλοντος
ἀφίκετο Τισαφέρνης πρὸς αὐτόν ἄγων ἕνα τῶν ἱερέων, ὃς ἐν παισὶ
Κύρου τῆς νομιζομένης ἀγωγῆς ἐπιστάτης γενόμενος καὶ διδάξας μαγεύειν
αὐτόν οὐδενὸς ἧττον ἐδόκει Περσῶν ἀνιᾶσθαι μὴ ἀποδειχθέντος ἐκείνου
βασιλέως διὸ καὶ πίστιν ἔσχε κατηγορῶν Κύρου.
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κατηγόρει δὲ ὡς μέλλοντος ἐνεδρεύειν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ
ἐπειδὰν ἐκδύηται τὴν ἐσθῆτα ὁ βασιλεύς, ἐπιτίθεσθαι καὶ διαφθείρειν
αὐτόν, οἱ μὲν ἐκ ταύτης τῆς διαβολῆς τὴν σύλληψιν γενέσθαι φασίν, οἱ δὲ
καὶ παρελθεῖν τὸν Κῦρον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ παραδοθῆναι κρυπτόμενον ὑπὸ
τοῦ ἱερέως,
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μέλλοντα δὲ αὐτόν ἤδη
ἀποθνῄσκειν ἡ μήτηρ περισχοῦσα ταῖς ἀγκάλαις καὶ τοῖς βοστρύχοις
περιελίξασα καὶ συλλαβοῦσα τὸν ἐκείνου τράχηλον πρὸς τὸν αὑτῆς,
ὀδυρομένη πολλὰ καὶ ποτνιωμένη παρῃτήσατο καὶ κατέπεμψεν αὖθις ἐπὶ
θάλατταν, οὐκ ἀγαπῶντα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐκείνην, οὐδὲ μεμνημένον τῆς διέσεως,
ἀλλὰ τῆς συλλήψεως, καὶ δι᾽ ὀργὴν σπαργῶντα μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον ἐπὶ τὴν
βασιλείαν.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
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