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[8] μέμνηται δ᾽ Ὀνησίκριτος καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ Δαρείου τάφῳ γράμμα τόδε ‘φίλος ἦν τοῖς φίλοις: ἱππεὺς καὶ τοξότης ἄριστος ἐγενόμην: κυνηγῶν ἐκράτουν: πάντα ποιεῖν ἠδυνάμην.’ Ἄριστος δ᾽ ὁ Σαλαμίνιος πολὺ μέν ἐστι νεώτερος τούτων, λέγει δὲ δίστεγον τὸν πύργον καὶ μέγαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ Περσῶν διαδοχῇ ἱδρῦσθαι, φυλάττεσθαι δὲ τὸν τάφον: ἐπίγραμμα δὲ τὸ λεχθὲν Ἑλληνικὸν καὶ ἄλλο Περσικὸν πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν. τοὺς δὲ Πασαργάδας ἐτίμησε Κῦρος, ὅτι τὴν ὑστάτην μάχην ἐνίκησεν Ἀστυάγην ἐνταῦθα τὸν Μῆδον, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς Ἀσίας μετήνεγκεν εἰς ἑαυτὸν καὶ πόλιν ἔκτισε καὶ βασίλειον κατεσκεύασε τῆς νίκης μνημεῖον.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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