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Title: A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893
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Publisher: London, Walton and Maberly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ve of the expedition. He went as a volunteer, at the invi-tation of his friend Proxenus, a Boeotian, and one of the generalsof Cyrus. The march of Cyrus was directed through Lydia and Phrygia.After passing Colossal he arrived at Cehenae, where he was joinedby more Greek troops, the number of whom now amounted to11,000 hoplites and 2000 peltasts. The line of march, which hadbeen hitherto straight upon Pisidia, was now directed northwards.Cyrus passed in succession the Phrygian towns of Peltae, CeramonAgora, the Plain of Cayster, Thymbrium, Tyriseum, and Iconium.the last city in Phrygia. Thence he proceeded through Lycaoniato Dana, and across Mount Taurus into Cilicia. On arriving at Tarsus, a city on the coast of Cilicia, the Greeksplainly saw that they had been deceived, and that the expeditionwas designed against the Persian king. Seized with alarm at theprospect of so long a march, they sent a deputation to Cyrus to askhim what his real intentions were. Cyrus replied that his design
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144 HISTORY OF GREECE. Chap. XV, was to inarch against his enemy, Abrocomas, satrap of Syria, whowas encamped on the banks of the Euphrates. The Greeks,though they still suspected a delusion, contented themselves withthis answer in the face of their present difficulties, especially asCyrus promised to raise their pay from one Daric to one Daricand a half a month. The whole army then marched forwardsto Issus, the last town in Cilicia, seated on the gulf of the samename. Here they met the fleet, which brought them a reinforce-ment of 1100 Greek soldiers, thus raising the Grecian force toabout 14,000 men. Abrocomas, who commanded for the Great King in Syria andPhoenicia, alarmed at the rapid progress of Cyrus, fled before himwith all his army, reported as 300,000 strong; abandoning the im-pregnable pass situated one days march from Issus, and known asthe Gates of Cilicia and Syria. Marching in safety through thispass, the army next reached Myriandrus, a seaport of Phoenicia.From this pla

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