62 - Xenophon, Anabasis V
Cost of Glory
The Tithe of Artemis and Apollo
The tithe is to glorify Artemis and Apollo, but the generals have this like moral and religious obligation. They get the money they're interested in trusted to them to give it to the gods in a fitting manner somehow. And the Artemis that they're dedicating this to is not just any Artemis, but the Artemis at Ephesus. The portion that felt a chirisyphus was given to neon, the asinan.
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