[84] Thucyd. v. 70. See Vol. VII, ch. lvi, p. 84 of this History.
[85] Plutarch (Artaxerx. c. 8) makes this criticism upon Klearchus; and it seems quite just.
[86] Xen. Anab. i, 8, 17; Diodor. xiv, 23.
[87] Xen. Anab. i, 8, 17-20.
[88] Xen. Anab i, 10, 4-8.
[89] Xen. Anab. i, 8, 23; i, 9, 31.
[90] Xen. Anab. i, 8, 21.
Κῦρος δὲ, ὁρῶν τοὺς Ἕλληνας νικῶντας τὸ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς καὶ διώκοντας, ἡδόμενος καὶ προσκυνούμενος ἤδη ὡς βασιλεὺς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν, οὐδ᾽ ὣς ἐξήχθη διώκειν, etc.
The last words are remarkable, as indicating that no other stimulus except that of ambitious rivalry and fraternal antipathy, had force enough to overthrow the self-command of Cyrus.
[91] Compare the account of the transport of rage which seized the Theban Pelopidas, when he saw Alexander the despot of Pheræ in the opposite army; which led to the same fatal consequences (Plutarch, Pelopidas, c. 32; Cornel. Nepos, Pelop. c. 5). See also the reflections of Xenophon on the conduct of Teleutas before Olynthus.—Hellenic. v. 3, 7.