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63 - Xenophon, Anabasis VI

Cost of Glory

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The Disarming of the Generals

Gaseous himself, the guy who rescued this poor soldier who was getting dragged away for basically shouting out the truth. Well, he comes forward and says, it's on me, guys, I rescued my soldier because he's a good man. And Deksippus, the guy dragging him off is a bad man. So they all get up and they go to Cleander, still standing there by the ships,. And it seems to be all of the generals. Santa Faunce has the generals go; Cleander declares them all enemies. But this gesture that they make is disarming. Surrender, Agassius, and they tell their side of the story.

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