Classical Readings 31.2
In 399 BC, a group of Greek mercenaries (known as the Ten Thousand) were trapped deep in the enemy territory of the Persian Empire. Under Xenophon’s leadership, they managed to escape and find their way back to Greece. The Ἀνάβασις is Xenophon’s own account of their adventures.
Near the end of their journey back to Greece, Xenophon and the Ten Thousand are fighting alongside Seuthes, a king of part of Thrace, in a campaign against a tribe known as the Thynians, who attacked and tried to burn the Greeks’ camp during the night. Xenophon brings the matter up to Seuthes: