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Chapter 51 Volume VII V

The Long March 色诺芬 1179Words 2018-03-21
Now they crossed over to the region above Byzantium which the Thracians called the Delta.This place is on the other side of the Messades region, which is the land of Tirkes from Odrixi.Here Heraclides meets, with the proceeds of the sale of the loot.Setus brought out three pairs of mules and horses—for there were only three pairs—and other sets of cattle, and called Xenophon to take them for himself.Then distribute the rest to the generals and captains. Xenophon replied, "Oh, I would like to ask for things in the future. I should give them to the generals and captains who follow me." Crianno the Orcomenus was given, another set was given to Phrynicus the Achaean, and these many sets were distributed among the captains.Satus also paid the troops, but only twenty days' wages for the previous month; for Heraclides said he could only get so much from the sale of the booty.Xenophon became angry when he heard this, and cursed at him repeatedly:

"Heraclites, I don't think you care enough about the cause of Seutus, because if you cared, it would bring us our full wages, even if you had no other choice but to be forced to borrow money or sell your own clothes." This made Heraclides not only angry but also afraid that he would lose the favor of Satus. From that day on he tried his best to slander Xenophon in front of Seuthes.As for the soldiers not being paid, they blamed Xenophon.On the other hand, Satus was also angry with him because he insisted on paying the soldiers' pay.In the past he had repeatedly mentioned that he would give Xenophon Bisant and Ganos and Neonticos when he returned to the coast, but since then he has never mentioned any of these three places.For Heraclides also made this slanderous suggestion: It is not safe to surrender the fortress to a man with troops.

Xenophon then began to consider how best to continue his journey further inland.Heraclides, on the other hand, brought the rest of the generals to Satus, and told them that they were no worse than Xenophon at leading the army; and urge them to continue the fight with Satus.Timasson said: "Well, in my opinion, without Xenophon, I would not fight anyway, even if I was paid for five months." Phrynicus and Cliano also agreed with Timasson.Then Setus insulted Heraclides, and blamed him for not inviting Xenophon. In the end they invited Xenophon alone.Xenophon saw through the hooliganism of Heraclides, whose purpose was to make the other generals jealous of him, so Xenophon brought all the generals and captains with him when he came.When they had all come to an agreement, they continued to march with Satus, and marched on the left of Pontus through the country called the "Thraces of Millet" to Salmudesus.Here many ships bound for Pontus were stranded and wrecked on land, for there was a wide stretch of shoal.The Thracians who lived on the shore in this area had boundary stones, and each tribe plundered the shipwrecked ships within its own boundary.It is said that in the old days before the boundary stone was erected, they often killed each other in the process of looting.Many beds, boxes, a large number of manuscripts and other items brought by the ship owner in wooden boxes were found here.Having conquered the vicinity, they made their way home.At this time Setus had an army larger than the Greek army, because more and more Odrysians came down from the interior, and those who were surrendered at any time would also participate in the battle.They camped on the plain above Cylubria, about thirty stadia from the coast.As for the military pay, I haven't seen it at all.Not only were the soldiers dissatisfied with Xenophon, but Setus no longer liked him.Whenever Xenophon came to confer with him, he always found that he was busy with business and had no time.

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