Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they hadnot even a guide to point the way. victoribus; et foeda supplicia, et inter vinum et epula, caedes This citythe king of the Persians[2] besieged, what time the Persians strove tosnatch their empire from the Medes, but he could in no wise take it;then a cloud hid the face of the sun and blotted out the lightthereof, until the inhabitants were gone out of the city, and so itwas taken. The Anabasis of Alexander; or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great. Cf. To sustain a running fightwith an enemy constantly attacking was one thing; to keep him at arm'slength from a fixed base of action another: and the difference wasmuch in their favour. Equals-in-Honour, or Peers, spent their time about the Court. Consult the whole of the . Haunted by such thoughts, and with hearts full of despair, but few ofthem tasted food that evening; but few of them kindled even a fire,and many never came into camp at all that night, but took their restwhere each chanced to be. Thesetroops were Armenian and Mardian and Chaldaean mercenaries belongingto Orontas and Artuchas. The 11cloud which lay upon his brow, at those times lit up with brightness;his face became radiant, and the old sternness was so charged withvigour and knitted strength to meet the foe, that it savoured ofsalvation, not of cruelty. 13. Now the citizenship and family name "Flavius" were frequently given in the years between 70 and 96, but the receivers were always called Titus Flavius, not … But after their deaths thevengeance of the king fell upon him, and he was put to death, not like 29Clearchus and the others by what would appear to be the speediest ofdeaths--decapitation--but, as report says, he lived for a year in painand disgrace and died the death of a felon. So that, it seems to me, we have a right to enter uponthis contest with much more heart than our foes; and further, we arepossessed of bodies more capable than theirs of bearing cold and heatand labour; souls too we have, by the help of heaven, better andbraver; nay, the men themselves are more vulnerable, more mortal, thanourselves, if so be the gods vouchsafe to give us victory once again. [3] Opposite Mosul, the north-west portion of the ancient Nineveh, about eighteen miles above Larissa. They were under the command ofStratocles, a Cretan. Public Domain, Google-digitized. Still, from the spot in question there was anapproach to the enemy, who were seated on the pass before mentioned. I shouldnot be surprised, then, if the enemy were to hang on our heels and dogus as we retire, like cowardly curs which rush out at the passer-byand bite him if they can, but when you turn upon them they run away.Such will be their tactics, I take it. As a matter of necessity, whenever the wingsof an army so disposed draw together, either where a road narrows, orhills close in, or a bridge has to be crossed, the heavy infantrycannot help being squeezed out of their ranks, and march withdifficulty, partly from actual pressure, and partly from the generalconfusion that ensues. At the time of his death he musthave been about fifty years of age. been exchanged between us, and right hands shaken, in token that wewill abstain from mutual injury; but I can see that you watch usnarrowly, as if we were foes; and we, seeing this, watch you narrowlyin return. it chanced, was already there, but Cyrus he must needs send for from. 479, on the same day. As soon as they had halted within earshot,Ariaeus said: "Hellenes, Clearchus being shown to have committedperjury and to have broken the truce, has suffered the penalty, and heis dead; but Proxenus and Menon, in return for having giveninformation of his treachery, are in high esteem and honour. Many people prefer to read off-line or to print out text and read from the real printed page. of Greece," vol. As soon as he was fully awake, the firstclear thought which came into his head was, Why am I lying here? historians among the contemporaries of Alexander, such as Ptolemy, "He began his speech as follows: "Cleanor has spoken of the perjury and 8faithlessness of the barbarians, and you yourselves know them only toowell, I fancy. For you call no man masteror lord; you bow your heads to none save to the gods alone. historical critic. Thosewho are in favour of Xenophon's proposals, hold up their hands." Available Indexes Full-text Catalog. 3. Indeed, many herds of cattle had beencaught whilst being conveyed across to the other side of the river.And now Tissaphernes and his troops made an attempt to burn thevillages, and some of the Hellenes were disposed to take the matterdeeply to heart, being apprehensive that they might not know where toget provisions if the enemy burnt the villages. arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. - p.xi), who died in 323 BC (ref. The soldiers yielded obedience,except where some smuggler, prompted by desire of a good-looking boyor woman, managed to make off with his prize. ", [1] The reader should turn to Grote's comments on the first appearance of Xenophon. "I will bring all, and I will show you, on my side, the source fromwhich I derive my information concerning you.". Well,then! Thenight advances; with the day, it is like enough, the enemy will beupon us. Their name, pronounced Kardu by the ancient Syrians and Assyrians, Kordu by the Armenians (plural Kordukh), first appears in its narrower sense in western literature in the pages of the eye-witness Xenophon as {Kardoukhoi}. He had no reverenceeven for Zeus, the god of strangers; but, after entertaining Clearchusat his own board as a friend, he used his hospitality to delude anddecoy his victims. "It seems to me that it is only right, in the first instance, to makean effort to return to Hellas and to revisit our hearths and homes, ifonly to prove to other Hellenes that it is their own faults if theyare poor and needy[6], seeing it is in their power to give to those 26now living a pauper life at home a free passage hither, and convertthem into well-to-do burghers at once. of Greece," vol. "The first thing which I recommend is to burn the wagons we have got,so that we may be free to march wherever the army needs, and not,practically, make our baggage train our general. when you have appointed all the commanders necessary, it wouldonly be opportune, I take it, if you were to summon the rest of thesoldiers and speak some words of encouragement. He had grown contemptuoussince his late attack, when, with so small a detachment, he had done,as he thought, a good deal of mischief, without the slightest loss tohimself. You were present 27with the rest of us now here when, after the death of Cyrus, the king,vaunting himself on that occurrence, sent dictatorially to bid us laydown our arms. 480, and at Plataea and Mycale, B.C. Nor can I see whatbetter force you will find to help you in chastising them than thiswhich marches at my back to-day. Description. But as I fail to discover, after investigation, that youare endeavouring to do us a mischief--and I am quite sure that nothingof the sort has ever entered our heads with regard to you--the bestplan seemed to me to come and talk the matter over with you, so that,if possible, we might dispel the mutual distrust on either side. He also gave him, toform part of the detachment, the three hundred of the picked corps[10]under his own command at the head of the square. judgment as to who deserved credit, justly led him to reject such The order passed to his own men was: "Wait tillyou are within sling-shot, and the shield rattles, then sound thepaean and charge the enemy. ix. ", [2] For this ancient omen see "Odyssey," xvii. "Heredotus estimates the number of those who fell on the Persian side at 6400 men: the number of Athenian dead is accurately known, since all were collected for the last solemn obsequies--they were 192." Himthen they banished. --"Ileave it to you," Cheirisophus answered, "to choose which you likebest." ThenLycius, who commanded the cavalry, and Aeschines, who was in commandof the division of light infantry attached to Cheirisophus, no soonersaw them fleeing so lustily than they were after them, and thesoldiers shouted not to fall behind[5], but to follow them right up tothe mountains. (Mr. G. A. Macmillan) iv. Od. Thereupon Hieronymous the Eleian, the eldest of Proxenus's captains,commenced speaking as follows: "Generals and captains, it seemed rightto us, in view of the present crisis, ourselves to assemble and tosummon you, that we might advise upon some practicable course. And then, on the second hill,the whole had to be gone through again; so that when it came to thethird hillock, they determined not to move the main body of troopsfrom their position until they had brought up a squadron of lightinfantry from the right flank of the square to a point on the mountainrange. Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. the most excellent writers of his time, above which he is raised by He was anagent in disguise; in fact, a relation of Tissaphernes was inattendance to keep a check on his loyalty. Cf. Xenophon: The Anabasis of Xenophon: chiefly according to the text of L. Dindorf, with notes for the use of schools and colleges, (New York, D. Appleton & co., 1871), ed. 3; xii. But with the dawn the generals and officers of the Hellenes met andresolved to proceed, taking only the necessary number of stout baggageanimals, and leaving the weaklings behind. [10] Some think that these three hundred are three of the detached companies described above; others, that they were a picked corps in attendance on the commander-in-chief. In another instant hehad pushed Soteridas from the ranks, snatched from him his shield, andbegun marching as quickly as he might under the circumstances, havinghis horseman's cuirass to carry as well, so that he was sore pressed;but he continued to cheer on the troops: exhorting those in front tolead on and the men toiling behind to follow up[11]. And at asomewhat later date, when Xerxes assembled his countless hosts andmarched upon Hellas, then[4] too our fathers conquered the forefathersof our foes by land and by sea. Did any one ever die in battlefrom the bite or kick of a horse? Variousways in which you Hellenes may be useful to me you yourself havementioned, but there is one still greater. Over and over again Xenophonwould send an order to the front to slacken pace, when the enemy werepressing their attack severely. It is the frontier river between Armenia and the country of theCarduchians. At this point the Hellenesendeavoured to cross, but on their making the attempt the water proved 6to be more than breast-deep, and the river bed was rough with greatslippery stones, and as to holding their arms in the water, it was outof the question--the stream swept them away--or if they tried to carrythem over the head, the body was left exposed to the arrows and othermissiles; accordingly they turned back and encamped there by the bankof the river. Hither,as the story goes, Medea[4], the king's wife, betook herself in flightwhat time the Medes lost their empire at the hands of the Persians. only this one road,which you see, going straight up, and on it all that crowd of men whohave seized and are guarding the single exit. The agreement was, that if they succeeded intaking the summit they were to guard the position that night, and atdaybreak to give a signal by bugle. I need not remind you that, incase of defeat, the owners' goods are not their own; but if we masterour foes, we will make them our baggage bearers. With these words on his lips he got up, in order thatwhat was needful might be done at once without delay. It was already late afternoon, when they ordered the storming party to 1take a snatch of food and set off; then they bound the guide andhanded him over to them. Soteridas was notspared by the rest of the men. That is why I hastenedon, and why I could not wait for you, hoping to be beforehand withthem yonder in seizing the pass: the guides we have got say there isno other way." Whenasked, "What shall you need?" Search Field List. 9.1", "denarius") All Search Options [view abbreviations] Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help. Cheirisophus, on getting across, forbore to pursue thecavalry, but advanced by the bluffs which reached to the river toattack the enemy overhead. He exclaimed: "The best thing we can do, Cheirisophus,is to make a dash at the height itself, and with what speed we may. . Cheirisophus was as usual leading in front, whileXenophon headed the rearguard, when the enemy began a violent andsustained attack. The district was named Western Armenia. Righteously and honourably he would obtainthem, if he might, or else forego them. Xenophon rose again and said: "Listen, sirs, while Itell you what I think we have need of besides. That Xenophon hesitated to do, for Tissaphernesand his whole army were coming up and were well within sight.Galloping up to the front himself, he asked: "Why do you summon me? "Dost thou not mark how my son has sneezed a blessing on all my words?". Thereupon Xenophon spoke as follows: "We all know only too well, that 34the king and Tissaphernes have seized as many of us as they could, andit is clear they are plotting to destroy the rest of us if they can.Our business is plain: it is to do all we can to avoid getting intothe power of the barbarians; rather, if we can, we will get them intoour power. When discharging the arrow, theydraw the string by getting a purchase with the left foot planted 28forward on the lower end of the bow. These, I take it, were the characteristic acts of a man whoseaffections are set on warfare. Darius and Parysatis had two sons: the elder was named Artaxerxes, and the younger Cyrus.Now, as Darius lay sick and felt that the end of life drew near, he wished both his sons to be with him. The Persian bows are ofgreat size, so that the Cretans found the arrows which were picked upserviceable, and persevered in using their enemies' arrows, andpractised shooting with them, letting them fly upwards to a greatheight[6]. For this reason theyalways encamped at a distance from the Hellenes. Asia. From this place they marched one stage of six parasangs to a greatdeserted fortress [which lay over against the city], and the name ofthat city was Mespila[3]. [3] For a less repulsive conception of Menon's character, however unhistorical, see Plato's "Meno," and Prof. Jowlett's Introduction, "Plato," vol. But,granted that the rivers do bar our passage, and that guides are notforthcoming, what care we? Did he aspire to the first place in another man'sfriendship, he set about his object by slandering those who stoodnearest to him in affection. Now there was in that host a certain man, an Athenian[1], Xenophon,who had accompanied Cyrus, neither as a general, nor as an officer,nor yet as a private soldier, but simply on the invitation of an oldfriend, Proxenus. Did You Know? At times ithappened that, the relief party having mounted, encounteredconsiderable annoyance in their descent from the barbarians, who wereso agile that they allowed them to come up quite close, before theyturned back, and still escaped, partly no doubt because the onlyweapons they had to carry were bows and slings. In this way they advanced four stages, but ere the fifth wascompleted, they came in sight of a palace of some sort, with villagesclustered round it; they could further see that the road leading tothis place pursued its course over high undulating hillocks, the spurof the mountain range, under which lay the village. And they resolved that Cheirisophus should lead thevan and cross with half the army, the other half still remainingbehind under Xenophon, while the baggage animals and the mob ofsutlers were to cross between the two divisions. Now, when these had come together, Cheirisophus theLacedaemonian first rose and spoke as follows: "Fellow-soldiers, thepresent posture of affairs is not pleasant, seeing that we are robbedof so many generals and captains and soldiers; and more than that, our 2former allies, Ariaeus and his men, have betrayed us; still, we mustrise above our circumstances to prove ourselves brave men, and notgive in, but try to save ourselves by glorious victory if we can; or,if not, at least to die gloriously, and never, while we have breath inour bodies, fall into the hands of our enemies. thequestion arises, Was he equally good as a commander? Whenever the rear was the point attacked,Cheirisophus, in the same way, made a detour, and by endeavouring tomount higher than the barricaders, freed the passage for the rearrank; and in this way, turn and turn about, they rescued each other,and paid unflinching attention to their mutual needs. Anabasis, Book 4 Xenophon Full view - 1883. ThePisidians are an equally good instance, or the Lycaonians. Lucian, Alex., 2), that Arrian This they did by wheeling clear of them. But Xenophon, takingthe most active-bodied of the rearguard, began running back at fullspeed to the passage facing the egress into the hills of Armenia,making a feint of crossing at that point to intercept their cavalry onthe river bank. In like manner, the possessions of hisfoes were secure from his designs, since it was no easy task, hethought, to steal from people on their guard; but it was hisparticular good fortune to have discovered how easy it is to rob afriend in the midst of his security. The next day was a day of inaction: they halted and took in supplies,as there was much corn in the villages; but on the day following, themarch was continued through the plain (of the Tigris), andTissaphernes still hung on their skirts with his skirmishers. Thegods, who full surely will be on our side, seeing it is our enemieswho have taken their names falsely; whilst we, with much to lure us,yet for our oath's sake, and the gods who were our witnesses, sternlyheld aloof. Everything, moreover, which is not necessary to make his Search Field List. "At this very moment you would confer a great boon on the army, if youmade it your business to appoint generals and officers to fill theplaces of those that are lost. Report further said that thesources of the Euphrates also were not far from those of theTigris, and this is actually the case. [In the preceding portion of the narrative a full account isgiven of the incidents of the march up to the battle, and ofthe occurrences after the battle during the truce which wasestablished between the king and the Hellenes, who marched upwith Cyrus, and thirdly, of the fighting to which the Helleneswere exposed, after the king and Tissaphernes had broken thetreaty, while a Persian army hung on their rear. The dearth of cavalry told against the Hellenes; nor were theirinfantry able to overhaul the enemy's infantry, with the long startthey had, and considering the shortness of the race, for it was out ofthe question to pursue them far from the main body of the army. Who was there now to furnish them with amarket? Taking up this assertion, Xenophon said: "Well, then,granting that Clearchus broke the truce contrary to our oaths, he hashis deserts, for perjurers deserve to perish; but where are Proxenusand Menon, our generals and your good friends and benefactors, as youadmit? History. At this moment his eye fell onthe peak of the mountain, rising immediately above their army, and hecould see an approach leading from it to the crest in question wherethe enemy lay. It must beadmitted that, as far as was compatible with his quality of temper, hewas; none more so. After him Xenophon arose; he was arrayed for war in his bravestapparel[1]: "For," said he to himself, "if the gods grant victory, thefinest attire will match with victory best; or if I must needs die,then for one who has aspired to the noblest, it is well there shouldbe some outward correspondence between his expectation and his end. 981 Cf. [4] I.e. To obviate this, he left some officers incharge of the ridge--Cephisodorus, son of Cephisophon, an Athenian;Amphicrates, the son of Amphidemus, an Athenian; and Archagoras, anArgive exile--while he in person with the rest of the men attacked thesecond ridge; this they took in the same fashion, only to find thatthey had still a third knoll left, far the steepest of the three. In the next place, let me recallto your minds the dangers of our own forefathers, that you may see and 11know that bravery is your heirloom, and that by the aid of the godsbrave men are rescued even out of the midst of sorest straits. In these districts theCretans were highly serviceable. After you have made yourelections, come back to the middle of the camp, and bring the newlyappointed officers. Sir W. Raleigh (Hist. 32The Hellenes, as they looked from the camp, viewed that strangehorsemanship with surprise, and could not explain to themselves whatit all meant, until Nicarchus the Arcadian came tearing along for barelife with a wound in the belly, and clutching his protruding entrailsin his hands. thatwe were not to fire the king's country, they are now themselvesdoing--setting fire to it as if it were not their own. After this thegenerals were chosen. KINDLE download. 434 B; Aelian (Varia Historia, iii. They were in the act of recrossing, whenXenophon, who saw their intention, sent a messenger across, biddingthem wait there at the river's brink without crossing; but as soon ashe and his detachment began to cross they were to step in facing himin two flanking divisions right and left of them, as if in the act ofcrossing; the javelin men with their javelins on the thong, and thebowmen with their arrows on the string; but they were not to advancefar into the stream. Download Anabasis pdf File size: 0.5 MB What's this? of Greece," vol. BOOK I. Darius and Parysatis had two sons: the elder was named Artaxerxes, and 1. the younger Cyrus. Xenophon, mounted on his charger, rode beside his men, androused their ardour the while. At this signal the party on thesummit were to attack the enemy in occupation of the visible pass,while the generals with the main body would bring up their succours;making their way up with what speed they might. Some of the enemy, here a man and there another, perceived, andrunning back to the river, let fly their arrows and wounded a few; butthe majority, even when the Hellenes were well across, were still tobe seen pursuing their flight. This officer rode up to the Helleneswith a body of cavalry, and sending forward an interpreter, statedthat he desired a colloquy with the leaders. The first said no; andin spite of all sorts of terrors applied to extract a betteranswer--"no," he persisted. But Xenophon had adream. Ariaeus answered:"There is no doubt but that Clearchus has been known for some time toharbour designs agaisnt Tissaphernes and Orontas, and all of us whoside with them." 114; the allusion is to the invasion of Greeze by Datis and Artaphernes, and to their defeat at Marathon, B.C. Xenophon admitted that they were right inblaming him: no better proof of that was wanted than the result. speeches, but wherever he does he shows a profound knowledge of man; For the Rhodians could reach further than the Persian 16slingers, or, indeed, than most of the bowmen. See "Hist. Search HathiTrust. You see, the enemy did not dare to bring war to bearupon us until they had first seized our generals; they felt thatwhilst our rulers were there, and we obeyed them, they were no matchfor us in war; but having got hold of them, they fully expected thatthe consequent confusion and anarchy would prove fatal to us. is not their lordship over all alikeoutspread? View full catalog record. This being so, it isbut natural that the gods should be opposed to our enemies, but withourselves allied; the gods, who are able to make the great onesquickly small, and out of sore perplexity can save the little oneswith ease, what time it pleases them. by John J. Accordingly, whenever the van wasobstructed, Xenophon, from behind, made a dash up the hills and brokethe barricade, and freed the vanguard by endeavouring to get above theobstructing enemy. Or is mere living an objectwith any of you, strive to conquer; if to slay is the privilege ofvictory, to die is the doom of the defeated. [5] The best MSS read {Skuthai}, Scythians; if this is correct, it is only the technical name for "archers." If then we are minded to enter a second time into termsof friendship with them, with the experience of what our generals, whoin all confidence entrusted themselves to their power, have suffered,reason would we should feel deep despondency. I ask you, does it seem to you that we lack the means, if we hadthe will, to destroy you? Instantly theHellenes ran to their arms, one and all, in utter consternation, andfully expecting that the enemy would instantly be down upon the camp.However, they did not all come; only Ariaeus came, and Artaozus andMithridates, who were Cyrus's most faithful friends; but theinterpreter of the Hellenes said he saw and recognised the brother ofTissaphernes also with them. As to certain obscure charges brought against his character, these maycertainly be fabrications. am I waiting till I am oldermysef and of riper age? Thereupon the Carduchians abandoned their dwelling places, and withtheir wives and children fled to the mountains; so there was plenty ofprovisions to be got for the mere trouble of taking, and thehomesteads too were well supplied with a copious store of bronzevessels and utensils which the Hellenes kept their hands off,abstaining at the same time from all pursuit of the folk themselves,gently handling them, in hopes that the Carduchians might be willingto give them friendly passage through their country, since they toowere enemies of the king: only they helped themselves to suchprovisions as fell in their way, which indeed was a sheer necessity.But the Carduchians neither gave ear, when they called to them, norshowed any other friendly sign; and now, as the last of the Hellenesdescended into the villages from the pass, they were already in thedark, since, owing to the narrowness of the road, the whole day hadbeen spent in the ascent and descent. The full meaning, however, isto be discovered from what happened after the dream. Socrates, who had asuspicion that the State of Athens might in some way look askance atmy friendship with Cyrus, whose zealous co-operation with theLacedaemonians against Athens in the war was not forgotten, advisedXenophon to go to Delphi and there to consult the god as to thedesirability of such a journey. After this the whole Hellenic force united, and took up their quartersthere in numerous beautiful dwellings, with an ample store ofprovisions, for there was wine so plentiful that they had it incemented cisterns. One of the Later writers knew of a small kingdom here at the time of the Roman occupation, ruled by native princes, who after Tigranes II (about 80 B.C.) When they had breakfasted and the march recommenced, the generalsplanted themselves a little to one side in a narrow place, and whenthey found any of the aforesaid slaves or other property stillretained, they confiscated them. It had beenthe dream of his boyhood to become a man capable of greatachievements. (1884) by Arrian , translated by Edward James Chinnock The Anabasis of Alexander The prisoners informed them that the regions south, through which theyhad come, belonged to the district towards Babylon and Media; the roadeast led to Susa and Ecbatana, where the king is said to spend summerand spring; crossing the river, the road west led to Lydia and Ionia;and the part through the mountains facing towards the Great Bear, led,they said, to the Carduchians[1]. Afterthis achievement the barbarians came to a crest facing the mamelon,and Xenophon held a colloquy with them by means of an interpreter, tonegotiate a truce, and demanded back the dead bodies. Geog. It is clear that wemust march where we can get provisions. "Howbeit, for I doubt not elsewhere similar reflections are beingmade, whatsoever betide, let us not, in heaven's name, wait for othersto come and challenge us to noble deeds; let us rather take the leadin stimulating the rest to valour. "I know," he added, "there 27will be no lack of youngsters to follow where I lead." After this, two Hellene generals went out with all precaution.These were Cleanor the Orchomenian[3], and Sophaenetus theStymphalion, attended by Xenophon the Athenian, who went to learn newsof Proxenus. As to us, Igo so far as to assert, we ought never to have let it be seen that wewere bent on getting home: at any rate, not so soon; we should havebegun stocking and furnishing ourselves, as if we fully meant tosettle down for life somewhere or other hereabouts. [1] So it is said of the Russian General Skobelef, that he had a strange custom of going into battle in his cleanest uniform, perfurmed, and wearing a diamond-hilted sword, "in order that," as he said, "he might die in his best attire. But I will go further andstate to you the reasons of my confidence, that you on your side willdesire our friendship. The words were scarcely spokenwhen someone sneezed[2], and with one impulse the soldiers bowed inworship; and Xenophon proceeded: "I propose, sirs, since, even as wespoke of safety, an omen from Zeus the Saviour has appeared, we vow avow to sacrifice to the Saviour thank-offerings for safe deliverance,wheresoever first we reach a friendly country; and let us couple withthat vow another of individual assent, that we will offer to the restof the gods 'according to our ability.' Charger, rode beside his men, androused their ardour the while of provisions we shallknow no stint appeared with... 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