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| n the aftermath of the Peloponnesian war
A young Persian prince with a ruthless aim Cyrus assembled a vast host of mercenaries Thinking good pay and rich booty they'd gain |
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Ten thousand Greek hoplites ready for war
They set out eastward in March 401 B.C. Expecting to suppress some dissident tribes The true goal of the endeavour they didn't see |
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In a sudden skirmish one hundred were lost
Unrest among the men soon started to grow Spartan Clearchus managed to keep them in line But their true purpose they still didn't know |
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On the banks of the Euphrates Cyrus did speak
Revealing his plan to overthrow his elder sibling To forcefully seize the throne of Persia for himself The army indeed a formidable threat to the king |
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On towards Babylon [4x]
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Across Northern Syria into the Arabian desert
Until they were confronted with the king's might A cloud of dust first appeared on the horizon Then helmets and armour flashed in the sunlight |
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The sides drew up in battle-order near Babylon
Combat was engaged close to Cunaxa on a plain The Greeks fought against numerical supremacy But all became irrelevant once Cyrus was slain |
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Before the Greeks could return a ploy unfolded
Tissaphernes lured their five generals into a tent And slaughtered them and all their attendants On vengeance the treacherous satrap was bent |
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The Ten Thousand now aimless and leaderless
Seeming to be lost in these vast and hostile lands But one of the men received an omen from Zeus Xenophon rose to take matters into his hands |
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He advised the officers to choose new leaders
To all the forces a rousing speech he made So they decided not to lay down their arms But to persist against odds that were great |
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The retreating army's progress was slow, arduous
In the mountains of Kardouchia they had to fight Vulnerable they were to mounted Persian archers But cavalry and slingers demonstrated their might |
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In the Armenian mountains the weather was the foe
By hunger and frostbite the troops disheartened But through personal example Xenophon led on And upon reaching the sea the men were elated |
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There were more adventures on the long road home
Before many of them at last to Greece returned Xenophon was then banished from his city Athens A friend of Sparta by the democratic rabble spurned |
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The Ten Thousand's march was a significant feat
Their journey showed what the Greeks could gain The possibility of conquest seen for the first time The wealth and weakness of the Persian domain |
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