Xenophon's Anabasis

T.E. Lawrence was an ardent admirer of Xenophon, who wrote a book about organizing the Arab revolts in World War I. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom he refers to his journey through the mountains of the Hijaz as a march upland. The Greeks are not at the sea yet; they go on for another three days then they reach a little river. And there's a great scene that I'm going to read for you here. You'll see people refer to it by the Greek often thalasa thalasa.