[154] Xen. Anab. iii, 3, 9.
[155] Xen. Anab. iii, 4, 1-5.
[156] Xen. Anab. iii, 4, 17, 18. It is here, on the site of the ancient Nineveh, that the recent investigations of Mr. Layard have brought to light so many curious and valuable Assyrian remains. The legend which Xenophon heard on the spot, respecting the way in which these cities were captured and ruined, is of a truly Oriental character.
[157] Xen. Anab. iii, 4, 19-23.
I incline to believe that there were six lochi upon each flank—that is, twelve lochi in all; though the words of Xenophon are not quite clear.
[158] Xen. Anab. iii, 4-25. Compare Herodot. vii, 21, 56, 103.
[159] Professor Koch (Zug der Zehn Tausend, p. 68) is of the same opinion.
[160] Xen. Anab. iii, 4, 35; see also Cyropædia, iii, 3, 37.
The Thracian prince Seuthes was so apprehensive of night attack, that he and his troops kept their horses bridled all night (Xen. Anab. vii, 2, 21.)
Mr. Kinneir (Travels in Asia Minor, etc., p. 481) states that the horses of Oriental cavalry, and even of the English cavalry in Hindostan, are still kept tied and shackled at night, in the same way as Xenophon describes to have been practised by the Persians.