Xenophon's Anabasis (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.9.29)

...man is on the Euphrates river, twelve stages away. Therefore, he said he wished to go to him. And if he is there, he said he wanted to inflict punishment upon him. But if he is fleeing, we will deliberate there regarding these matters. When the elected men heard this, they reported it to the soldiers. The soldiers had a suspicion that he was leading them against the King, yet it seemed best to follow. They also requested pay. Cyrus promised to give all of them half again as much as they were receiving before, instead of one daric a Persian gold coin, he would give three half-darics per month to each soldier. But that he was leading them against the King, not even then did anyone hear it openly. From there he marches two stages, ten parasangs a Persian unit of distance, roughly 3.5 miles, to the Sarus river, where the width was three plethra a Greek measure of distance, about 100 feet. From there he marches one stage, five parasangs, to the Pyramus river, where the width is one stadion about 600 feet. From there he marches two stages, fifteen parasangs, to Issus, the last city of Cilicia, situated on the sea, large and prosperous. There he remained for three days. And there arrived for Cyrus thirty-five ships from the Peloponnese, and their admiral was Pythagoras the Lacedaemonian. Tamos the Egyptian led them from Ephesus, having twenty-five other ships of Cyrus, with which he was besieging Miletus, because it was friendly to Tissaphernes, and he was waging war with Cyrus against him. There was also present Cheirisophus the Lacedaemonian on the ships, sent for by Cyrus, having seven hundred hoplites, whom he commanded under Cyrus. The ships were anchored off Cyrus’s tent. There also came the Greek mercenaries who had deserted from Abrocomas, four hundred hoplites, and they campaigned with him against the King. From there he marches one stage, five parasangs...