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...when they arrived, they plundered the city of Tarsus, being angry because of the destruction of their fellow soldiers, and they also plundered the palaces within it. When Cyrus rode into the city, he summoned Syennesis to him. Syennesis said he had never before + nor to anyone yet come into the hands of someone superior to himself, nor was he willing to go to Cyrus then, until his wife persuaded him and he received pledges of safety. After this, when they met, Syennesis gave Cyrus much money for the army. Cyrus gave him gifts that are considered honorable among kings: a horse with a golden bridle, a golden necklace, and a Persian robe; he also promised that the land would no longer be plundered, and that they could recover the plundered slaves if they happened to encounter them anywhere.
Cyrus and the army remained there for twenty days. For the soldiers said they would not go any further. They already suspected that they were going against the king, and they said they had not been hired for that purpose. Clearchus was the first to attempt to force his own soldiers to proceed. They threw stones at him and his baggage animals when he began to advance. Clearchus narrowly escaped being stoned to death. Later, when he realized that he would not be able to force them, he gathered an assembly of his own soldiers, and at first, he stood for a long time and wept. Seeing this, they were astonished and remained silent. Then he spoke as follows:
"Fellow soldiers, do not be surprised that I am distressed by the present circumstances. For Cyrus became a guest-friend to me, and when I was an exile from my homeland, he honored me in other ways and gave me ten thousand dareics Persian gold coins. I took these and did not hoard them for my own private use, nor did I squander them on luxury, but I spent them on you. First, I fought against the Thracians, and I sought justice on behalf of Greece with you, driving them out of the Chersonese, as they wished to deprive the Greeks living there of their land."