Explore "The Retreat of the Ten Thousand" by C. Witt on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
The eventful battle which was now fought between the rival brothers, was called after some villages which were then in the neighbourhood, but which have long since disappeared, the battle of Cunaxa.
Cyrus had desired Clearchus to charge the centre of the enemy's line, where the King was stationed. ‘For,' he said, ‘if we win there, the whole battle is ours.'