53 - Xenophon, Anabasis I - Power Highlights
Cost of Glory
Cyrus and the Euphrates River
The Greeks don't really buy the story. Xenophon says they think that they're probably going against the Great King. But this whole altercation like there's been some defections and Cyrus has just been very gracious with people who have decided to leave. It's a fateful campaign that he fought at the end of his life, which this really reminds me of in a lot of ways.
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