through the army of Hellenes which was with the Medes that the cavalry was about to shoot them down with javelins, and this same report went through the Phocians themselves also. Then their commander Harmokydes exhorted them, speaking as follows: “Phocians, it is manifest that these men are meaning to deliver us to a death which we may plainly foresee, 1350 because we have been falsely accused by the Thessalians, as I conjecture: now therefore it is right that every one of you prove himself a good man; for it is better to bring our lives to an end doing deeds of valour and defending ourselves, than to be destroyed by a dishonourable death offering ourselves for the slaughter. Let each man of them learn that they are Barbarians and that we, against whom they contrived murder, are Hellenes.” 18.