vessels. Neon's advice was due to his desire to secure a passage home in these war vessels for themselves and their soldiers, without allowing any one else to share in their good-fortune. As for Cheirisophus, he was at once so out of heart at the turn things had taken, and soured with the whole army, that he left it to his subordinate, Neon, to do just what he liked. Xenophon, on his side, would still have been glad to be quit of the expedition and sail home; but on offering sacrifice to Heracles the Leader, and seeking advice, whether it were better and more desirable to continue the march in charge of the soldiers who had remained faithful, or to take his departure, the god indicated to him by the victims that he should adopt the former
De este modo el ejército quedó dividido ahora en tres cuerpos (4).
- Primero, los arcadios y aqueos, más de cuatro mil quinientos hombres, todos infantes pesados.
- En segundo lugar, Quirísofo y sus hombres, a saber, mil cuatrocientos infantes pesados y los setecientos peltastas, o tracios de Clearco.
- En tercer lugar, la división de Jenofonte, de mil setecientos infantes pesados y tres cientos peltastas; pero entonces él solo tenía la caballería: unos cuarenta jinetes.
(4) The total now amounted to 8640 and over.Los arcadios, que habían tratado con los heracleotas y conseguido de ellos unas naves, fueron los primeros en zarpar; esperaban, cayendo de improviso sobre los bitinios, hacer el mayor botín posible. Con ese propósito desembarcaron en el puerto de Calpe (5), casi en el punto medio de Tracia.