Xenophon, Hellenica, Carleton L. Brownson (Translator), 4.5.14

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[14] Having come to this conclusion, they led forth their troops. And Callias formed his hoplites in line of battle not far from the city, while Iphicrates with his peltasts attacked the Lacedaemonian regiment. Now when the Lacedaemonians¹ were being attacked with javelins, and several men had been wounded and several others slain, they directed the shield-bearers² to take up these wounded men and carry them back to Lechaeum; and these were the only men in the regiment who were really saved.³ Then the polemarch ordered the first ten year-classes⁴ to drive off their assailants.

Hellenica. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1921.

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Hellenica (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 1-2. Brownson, Carleton L., editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918-1921.)

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Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Xenophon. Xenophontis Opera Omnia, Vol. 1. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900.) — 4.5.14 focus

[14] γνόντες δὲ ταῦτα ἐξάγουσι. καὶ ὁ μὲν Καλλίας παρέταξε τοὺς ὁπλίτας οὐ πόρρω τῆς πόλεως, ὁ δὲ Ἰφικράτης λαβὼν τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπέθετο τῇ μόρᾳ. οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπεὶ ἠκοντίζοντο καὶ ὁ μέν τις ἐτέτρωτο, ὁ δὲ καὶ ἐπεπτώκει, τούτους μὲν ἐκέλευον τοὺς ὑπασπιστὰς ἀραμένους ἀποφέρειν εἰς Λέχαιον· καὶ οὗτοι μόνοι τῆς μόρας τῇ ἀληθεία ἐσώθησαν· ὁ δὲ πολέμαρχος ἐκέλευσε τὰ δέκα ἀφʼ ἥβης ἀποδιῶξαι τοὺς προειρημένους.

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Hellenica

1. 390 B.C.

2. Slaves who carried the shields of the hoplites.

3. i.e., saved both in life and in honour.

4. See note on II. iv. 32.

Xenophon Hellenica 4.5.14

Carleton L. Brownson (Translator)

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