Sunday, September 10, 2023
It's Imperative
Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.35 (tr. Carleton L. Brownson):
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It is for us, then, in my opinion, to make every effort that we may never fall into the power of the barbarians, but that, if we can accomplish it, they may rather fall into our power.
ἡμῖν δέ γε οἶμαι πάντα ποιητέα ὡς μήποτε ἐπὶ τοῖς βαρβάροις γενώμεθα, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἢν δυνώμεθα ἐκεῖνοι ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν.
