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Chrysantas
Persian nobleman from Xenophon's Cyropaedia, used as a moral example.
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First appearance: i of the things which are in our power and not in our power
Chrysantas shows up with force in VI: Of Indifference. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as an example of obeying the general's command over personal inclination.
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