ABSTRACT
WHEN the vanguard of the Ten Thousand climbed Mount Theches, the first-comers, catching sight of the sea far off, began to shout. Xenophon, thinking they were attacked, hurried up with the cavalry, while the cries were redoubled. “ Presently we heard the soldiers shouting ‘ The sea ! The sea ! ‘ and cheering one another up. Then everyone ran up, rear-guard, baggage-train, cavalry. When they reached the top of the mountain all, generals, officers, and men, embraced each other and wept.” 1 For these Greeks, lost in the continent of Asia, a sight of the sea was a sight of home.
