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ὅτι Ἅρπαγος κατασταθεὶς ὑπὸ Κύρου τοῦ Πέρσου ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάττης στρατηγός, καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἑλλήνων πρὸς Κῦρον διαπρεσβευομένων συνθέσθαι φιλίαν, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι παραπλήσιόν τι ποιοῦσι τῶν πρότερον ἑαυτῷ συμβάντων. [2] καὶ γάρ ποτε γῆμαι βουλόμενον αἰτεῖσθαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τὴν κόρην: τὸν δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον οὐκ ἄξιον κρίναντα τοῦ γάμου δυνατωτέρῳ κατεγγυῆσαι, μετὰ δὲ ταῦθ᾽ ὁρῶντα αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως τιμώμενον διδόναι τὴν θυγατέρα: αὐτὸν δὲ ἀποκριθῆναι, διότι γυναῖκα μὲν οὐκέτι ἂν ἔχοι αὐτήν, παλλακίδα δὲ συγχωρήσαι λαβεῖν. [3] διὰ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων λόγων ἐδήλου τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ὅτι Κύρου πρότερον ἀξιοῦντος γενέσθαι Περσῶν φίλους οὐκ ἐβουλήθησαν, νῦν δὲ ἐκ μεταβολῆς ἐκείνων σπευδόντων συνάψαι φιλίαν ὡς μὲν πρὸς συμμάχους οὐ ποιήσεται τὰς ὁμολογίας, ὡς δὲ δούλους εἰς τὴν τῶν Περσῶν πίστιν ἑαυτοὺς παραδιδόντας προσδέξεται.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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