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But, instead of marching straight into Caria, Agesilaus turned sharp
off in the opposite direction towards Phrygia. Picking up various
detachments of troops which met him on his march, he steadily advanced,
laying cities prostrate before him, and by the unexpectedness of his
attack reaping a golden harvest of spoil. As a rule the march was
prosecuted safely; but not far from Dascylium his advanced guard of
cavalry were pushing on towards a knoll to take a survey of the state
of things in front, when, as chance would have it, a detachment of
cavalry sent forward by Pharnabazus--the corps, in fact, of Rhathines
and his natural brother Bagaeus--just about equal to the Hellenes in
number, also came galloping up to the very knoll in question. The two
bodies found themselves face to face not one hundred and fifty yards
(10) apart, and for the first moment or two stood stock still. The
Hellenic horse were drawn up like an ordinary phalanx four deep, the
barbarians presenting a narrow front of twelve or thereabouts, and a
very disproportionate depth. There was a moment's pause, and then the
barbarians, taking the initiative, charged. There was a hand-to-hand
tussle, in which any Hellene who succeeded in striking his man shivered
his lance with the blow, while the Persian troopers, armed with
cornel-wood javelins, speedily despatched a dozen men and a couple of
horses. (11) At this point the Hellenic cavalry turned and fled. But as
Agesilaus came up to the rescue with his heavy infantry, the Asiatics
were forced in their turn to withdraw, with the loss of one man slain.
This cavalry engagement gave them pause. Agesilaus on the day following
it offered sacrifice. "Was he to continue his advance?" But the victims
proved hopeless. (12) There was nothing for it after this manifestation
but to turn and march towards the sea. It was clear enough to his mind
that without a proper cavalry force it would be impossible to conduct
a campaign in the flat country. Cavalry, therefore, he must get, or be
driven to mere guerilla warfare. With this view he drew up a list of
all the wealthiest inhabitants belonging to the several cities of
those parts. Their duty would be to support a body of cavalry, with the
proviso, however, that any one contributing a horse, arms, and rider, up
to the standard, would be exempted from personal service. The effect
was instantaneous. The zeal with which the recipients of these orders
responded could