counterpoise。
C6。11。 The Oriental feeling again。
C6。12； fin。 One of the nicest （monarchical） remarks ever uttered。
C6。13。 Marked Greek Testament parallel S。 Joan。 13； 13。 Surely the
evangelist had read this at school： I mean； the Greek scribe who
Hellenised the evangel。
C6。23。 Free trade or favoured…nation principle and commercial treaty。
C7。10。 Prototype： Socrates and his sons。 Perhaps also Xenophon and
his。 One seems to hear his own voice addressing Gryllus。
C7。14。 A very noble passage。
C7。27。 That's also nice： 〃Summon the Persians to rejoice with me at my
joyous release；〃 a refined form of funeral festival〃nothing is here
for tears〃nor have we； perhaps； arrived beyond it。
C7。28。 His last remark is Xenophon…Hellenic； but less edifying；
fortunately it is only the penultimate； for there is the final
｛khairete｝ ＇good…bye＇ and message to his wife。 Why was she not
present？ I suppose she was at home in Babylon。
＇C8。 It has been doubted whether C8 is by Xenophon at all。 C8。3； with
its reference to the /Anabasis/； certainly looks as though it might
have been written after his death。 Some scholars have also thought the
style unlike Xenophon's； but it is clear from his marginal notes that
Mr。 Dakyns did not lean towards this view。 To stress the degeneracy of
the Persians is； no doubt； to make a curious comment on the
institutions of 〃the born ruler；〃 but on the other hand the preceding
chapter （C7） is full of grave warnings； and； throughout； Xenophon has
been at pains to insist that everything depends on the continuous and
united effort of the ruling classes towards virtue and self…control。
Again； as Mr。 Dakyns pointed out （in his /Sketch of Xenophon's Life/；
Works； Vol。 I。 p。 cxxxvii。）； the epilogue bears a marked analogy to
the account of Spartan degeneracy in c。 xiv。 of the /Laconian Polity/
（see Vol。 II。 p。 322）； a chapter he took to be genuine。 On the whole；
therefore； we may conclude that he would have considered this epilogue
to be genuine also。F。M。S。＇