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Chapter 53 Volume VII VII

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Afterwards Seutus camped farther away, and the Greeks camped in villages before their journey to the coast, where they could receive extremely rich supplies.These villages were originally given to Midosades by Satus, so when Midosades saw that the supplies in the village were exhausted by the Greek army, he became angry.He arrived with a very powerful Odrysian from the interior and about thirty cavalry, and invited Xenophon from the Greek camp.So Xenophon brought some captains and suitable people to meet him.Midosades said: "Xenophon, it is wrong for you Greeks to plunder our villages. Therefore, I warn you openly. On behalf of Setus and this prince from the interior from Midochus, I want you Leave this place. If you don't leave, we will not allow you to do anything wrong; if you continue to harm our land, we will regard you as an enemy and defend ourselves."

On hearing this Xenophon said: "You, you speak such things that it is painful to answer. But I will speak for the young man's sake, so that he may know what you are, and what we are. He went on, "Before we became your friends, we were free to go wherever we liked in this area, to rob and burn as we pleased. Whenever you came to us as emissaries, you always followed We camped together, fearing no enemy. On the other hand, your people have never been in this country. Even if you sometimes come, you are camping, as in a land stronger than you, and you will not let go. But when you have After we were friends, and now through us, Gods be blessed, we have this land, you want to drive us from this land we won for you, which we control by force. You know yourself, the enemy is We cannot be driven away. There should be gifts and favors to us at present, to repay the favor we have done you, and to facilitate our journey. But you will not even let us camp here when we leave. You have the audacity to say such things, why to the gods, why to this Odrysian lord, who now sees that you have wealth, and before you have friends like us, you lived on it, as you yourself said , but by robbing." Xenophon continued, "Really, why do you tell me these things? Because I am no longer in charge, but the Rasidemonians are in charge. It is you who took this army The army is given to them to take away, and you people who are very rude don't even ask me to appear. If I were there, even if I was annoyed by them when I brought the army to you, I would get it now their favor to return the army."

When the Odrysian heard this, he said: "I, Midosades, am ashamed to hear this. If I had known this before, I would never have come with you. Now I will I went back, because the king of Medocus will never approve of my driving the benefactor away." Then he mounted his horse and galloped away, and all the cavalry except five went with him.But Midosades was still not reconciled to the robbing of the place, prompting Xenophon to call the two Lasidemonians.Xenophon then went with the best of his men to Carminus and Polynicus, and told them that Midosades had sent them in order to give them the warning he had just given Xenophon,—to leave this country.He went on, "I think you can get back pay for the army, if you say: The army asks you to help them get their pay from Satus, whether he wants it or not; You; you find their words just and right; you promise them not to go until the army gets what it deserves."

When the Laconians heard him, they replied that they would say so, and added some strong words. They set off at once, with all the important people in the army with them.When he arrived, Carminus said, "Midosades, if you have a promise to tell us, tell us. If not, we have something to tell you." Midosades replied meekly, " I mean, and Satus said the same thing, please don't do harm to people who have become our friends, to do harm to them is to directly harm us, because they are ours." Said the Laconian, " We, then, shall depart once those who have acquired these properties for you have received their wages. Failing that, we intend to help them, here and now, to punish those who have broken their oath and harmed them . If you are one of them, it begins with you to recover what they are entitled to." At this point Xenophon said: "Midothades, will you put this question to these local hosts ( Because you say they are your friends), let them decide, one way or another, that you or we ourselves should leave their land?" To which Midosades said, "No".But he asked the two Laconians to go to Seuthes themselves to ask for their pay, and said he thought they would be able to persuade Seutus.If they did not agree to go, he asked them to send Xenophon to go with him himself, and promised to support him.He also begged them not to burn down the village.

So they sent Xenophon, taking with them the best of them.When he came he said to Satus: "I do not come here to demand anything, Satus, but, if I can, to let you know that you are wrong to be angry with me. I earnestly ask you for your The military pay that has been promised, because I think it is not only good for them to get paid, but it is also good for you that you pay them. For, first of all, these are the ones who, by the blessing of the gods, made you great, they made you king of all men.Therefore it is impossible for you to act nobly or basely without being noticed by others.I think it is important that a person in such a position should not be considered ingratitude.It's also important to get the six thousand people to agree on that.But most importantly, you should never be seen as dishonest or untrustworthy.For I know that the words of the unfaithful are erratic, and they are never fruitful, never powerful, and never honorable.But if people seek truth from facts and seek something, their words can accomplish more than the power in the hands of others.If they wish to discipline a man, their persuasion is as effective as the actual punishment of others.If such a person makes a promise to others, it is as effective as a direct bequest from others.

"Remember what you gave us before we made an alliance with you. Nothing, you know, but being trusted and believed to mean what you say, which made this army serve you and won you land This is not only worth the thirty talents they think you are paying now, but many times more. Well, first of all, this trust, this important factor that won you the kingdom's trust, is sold by this money Lost. "Looking back now, at the time you thought it would be great to get what you've done now. I'm sure you'd be dreaming and praying to achieve what you've done so many times over the money you paid for it. I don't think it's possible now It is more miserable and humiliating to hold these deeds firmly in hand than never to have them, just as it is more painful to be rich to be poor than never to be rich at all; These who are now your subjects do not wish to be governed by you out of love for you, but are compelled to do so. They would seek to be free again were it not for some fear to restrain them. There are two cases. One. The second is: they see that the soldiers have deep feelings for you, and they will stay now if they die, and they can return quickly when they need it in the future, and because they have heard so many good things about you from these troops, others will quickly defect to you whenever you want come to serve you; another case is:

Because of what is happening now there is a sense of distrust, a bad impression of you, that no one else will come to you, and that all your people are more friendly to them than to you.Under what circumstances do you think they would be more fearful and more docile with you?Besides, they obey you not because they are smaller than us, but because they lack leadership.So now there is also this danger: They may find leadership among some of these soldiers who think you have hurt them, or among others who are even stronger,--I mean the Rasidemonians--if the soldiers promise to be more zealous for them Serve in land, if now they demand from you arrears; and if this army is needed, these Rasidemonians agree to this demand.Besides, the Thracians who have now submitted to you are quite sure that they will not submit to you, but are more eager to oppose you, because you are the conqueror and they are slaves, and if you are conquered-they are free.

"Besides, if you think that this place belongs to you, and you need to think about it in the future, how do you think you can better avoid the scourge? One is that the demands of these soldiers are met, leaving a peaceful situation after leaving ;the other case is that they stay as an enemy, and you have to raise and maintain another army against them, which will have to outnumber them, and also need supplies. How to spend more money? is to deliver to these people the money owed to them; the other is that the money is not paid, and a stronger and more numerous army has to be employed. Yes, Heraclides always explained to me that this is A huge sum of money.

To tell you the truth, it's not a big deal for you to take or pay this money now, and it's nothing compared to a tenth of what you received or paid before we came here.Because the size of the money does not depend on the amount of the money but on the energy of the payer and the payee.As far as you are concerned, your annual income will now be worth more than all your former possessions. "I, Seutus, do this for your sake, in friendship, so that you may be honored and worthy of the gods' favor to you, and I may not lose my faith in the army. You can be sure Now, if I wish to attack the enemy, I cannot use this army; if I wish to help you again, I am powerless. Such is the state of the army's affection for me. But I make yourself and the gods witness, They know that I have neither received from you anything for the soldiers nor demanded from you what was theirs for my own use, nor what you promised me. I swear to you that even if you I won't take what I deserve, unless the soldiers get what they deserve at the same time. It's unseemly to let theirs go bad by making my own, especially I am respected by them. Heraclides always thinks that everything is nonsense compared to trying to get money. But I think, Setus, there is no property for a man, especially a commanding palace. More honorable and valuable than his valor, justice, and generosity. A man who possesses these virtues is rich indeed, because he has many friends, and because others would befriend him. If he succeeds, many celebrate with him; If he encounters trouble, there will be many people who will come to help him.

"If you don't see from my actions and words that I'm your friend at heart, at least consider what the soldiers said in unison, because you were there and heard what those who condemned me said They accuse me before the Rasidemonians of valuing you more than the Rasidemonians, for their own sake, and they accuse me of being more concerned with your affairs than with their own. They also say that I Received your gifts. Do you think these gifts because they observed that I have a bad feeling for you and accuse you of receiving gifts, or because they perceive that I have enough good feelings for you? As far as I am concerned, I I think people always believe that there should be good feelings for those who give gifts. But before you can serve you, you welcome my joy in your eyes, in your voice, and in your hospitality, and you give me back The promises of hospitality are endless. Now that you have accomplished what you desired, and I have made you as great as I could, will you bear to let me be so insulted among soldiers? But I am sure that not only time will teach you that you must Decided to send to the poor, and you yourself can't always watch these people who have served you generously accuse you. So I ask you, when you are full, do your best to earnestly make me in the minds of soldiers. When we make friends what you think of me."

Hearing these words, Satus cursed the responsible man who should have paid the soldiers' wages long ago, and everyone could guess that that man was Heraclides.Satus said, "I never intended to deceive them, and I will deliver the money." Then Xenophon said again: "Since you intend to pay this money, then, I beg you to send it through me, and don't make me pay it for you. There is a different place in the army now than when we came to you." Satus replied, "I will not let your honor among the soldiers be affected. But if you stay with me, take only one Thousands of armored infantry will not affect your respect from the soldiers. In addition, I will hand over those castles to you, together with other things I promised." Xenophon replied: "This plan is impossible; Dismiss us." "But, indeed," said Seutus, "I know it is safer for you to stay than to go away." Xenophon replied: "Well, I thank you for your kindness, but it is impossible for me to stay now. But wherever I go to enjoy the honor, please believe that it will be good for you and for me." Then Satus said: "For the money I will Only a few, and I will give you a talent; but I have six hundred large cattle, and four thousand sheep, and nearly a hundred and twenty slaves. Take these, and the hostages of those who hurt you, and go on your way Come." Xenophon laughed: "If all these are not enough silver to pay, I will say whose is the Tarentekin? It is indeed a curse to me, and I had better be careful not to Get stoned on the way back. Because you heard the threats." So he stayed at Seutus' house for a while. The next day Seutus delivered to them what he had promised, and sent his men after him to drive the cattle.And the soldiers have till now said that Xenophon had gone away with Setus to live with him, and had received what Setus had promised him.But when they saw Xenophon they were overjoyed, and ran out to meet him.When Xenophon saw Carminus and Polynicus, he said to them: "You have won these properties for the army, and I will hand them over to you. Then please dispose of them and distribute them to the army." So they took it over, assigned loot sellers, and started selling.They get a lot of blame.Xenophon, on the other hand, did not approach them, apparently preparing for his journey home, since Athens had not yet pronounced his sentence of exile.But his friends in the camp came to him and begged him not to go until the army was taken to Tiburon.
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