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Quotation from The Persian Expedition by Xenophon
“what he sought after insatiably was wealth. Rule he sought after only as a stepping-stone to larger spoils”
The Persian Expedition, Book II, Chapter VI, trans. H. G. Dakyns (1890s)
From Xenophon's damning portrait of the Thessalian general Menon after the generals' arrest.
Citation: "what he sought after insatiably was wealth. Rule he sought after only as a stepping-stone to larger spoils" — Xenophon, The Persian Expedition, Book II, Chapter VI, trans. H. G. Dakyns (1890s). (id the-persian-expedition-q3)
