Xenophon, Anabasis, Carleton L. Brownson (Translator), 4.2.5

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[5]
Meanwhile the party with the guide, proceeding by a roundabout route, found the guards¹ sitting around a fire, and after killing some of them and chasing away the others they remained at the post themselves, supposing that they held the height.

Anabasis. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1921-1922.

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Anabasis (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 2-3. Brownson, Carleton L, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1921-1922.)

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Ἀνάβασις Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 3. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1904.) — 4.2.5 focus

[5] οἱ δʼ ἔχοντες τὸν ἡγεμόνα κύκλῳ περιιόντες καταλαμβάνουσι τοὺς φύλακας ἀμφὶ πῦρ καθημένους· καὶ τοὺς μὲν κατακαίνοντες τοὺς δὲ καταδιώξαντες αὐτοὶ ἐνταῦθʼ ἔμενον ὡς τὸ ἄκρον κατέχοντες.

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Anabasis

1. i. e., the guards whom they expected to find upon the height mentioned ( Xen. Anab. 4.1.25 , Xen. Anab. 4.2.l ). See below.

Xenophon Anabasis 4.2.5

Carleton L. Brownson (Translator)

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