r blow fell during the whole campaign than the desertion of
Spithridates and Megabates and the Paphlagonians.

(6) Lit. "one hundred and sixty stades."

(7) Or, "captains posted to intercept them, who relieved..." See
"Anab." IV. i. 14.

(8) See "Pol. Lac." xiii. 11, for these officers.

Now there was a certain man of Cyzicus, Apollophanes by name; he was an
old friend of Pharnabazus, and at this time had become a friend also
of Agesilaus. (9) This man informed Agesilaus that he thought he could
bring about a meeting between him and Pharnabazus, which might tend to
friendship; and having so got ear of him, he obtained pledges of good
faith between his two friends, and presented himself with Pharnabazus at
the trysting-place, where Agesilaus with the Thirty around him awaited
their coming, reclined upon a grassy sward. Pharnabazus presently
arrived clad in costliest apparel; but just as his attendants were about
to spread at his feet the carpets on which the Persians delicately seat
themselves, he was touched with a sense of shame at his own luxury
in sight of the simplicity of Agesilaus, and he also without further
ceremony seated himself on the bare ground. And first the two bade one
another hail, and then Pharnabazus stretched out his right hand and
Agesilaus his to meet him, and the conversation began. Pharnabazus, as
the elder of the two, spoke first. "Agesilaus," he said, "and all you
Lacedaemonians here present, while you were at war with the Athenians
I was your friend and ally; it was I who furnished the wealth that made
your navy strong on sea; on land I fought on horseback by your side,
and pursued your enemies into the sea. (10) As to duplicity like that of
Tissaphernes, I challenge you to accuse me of having played you false by
word or deed. Such have I ever been; and in return how am I treated
by yourselves to-day?--in such sort that I cannot even sup in my own
country unless, like the wild animals, I pick up the scraps you chance
to leave. The beautiful palaces which my father left me as an heirloom,
the parks (11) full of trees and beasts of the chase in which my heart
rejoiced, lie before my eyes hacked to pieces, burnt to ashes. Maybe I
do not comprehend the first principles of justice and holiness; do you
then explain to me how all this resembles the conduct of men who know
how to repay a simple debt of gratitude." He ceased, and the Thirty were
ashamed before him and kept silence. (12)

(