cythe-chariots charged and scattered
the compact mass, and speedily the cavalry had laid low in the dust
about a hundred men, while the rest retreated hastily, under cover of
Agesilaus and his hoplites, who were fortunately near.

It was the third or fourth day after this that Spithridates made a
discovery: Pharnabazus lay encamped in Caue, a large village not more
than eighteen miles (6) away. This news he lost no time in reporting
to Herippidas. The latter, who was longing for some brilliant exploit,
begged Agesilaus to furnish him with two thousand hoplites, an equal
number of peltasts, and some cavalry--the latter to consist of the
horsemen of Spithridates, the Paphlagonians, and as many Hellene
troopers as he might perchance persuade to follow him. Having got the
promise of them from Agesilaus, he proceeded to take the auspices.
Towards late afternoon he obtained favourable omens and broke off the
sacrifice. Thereupon he ordered the troops to get their evening meal,
after which they were to present themselves in front of the camp. But by
the time darkness had closed in, not one half of them had come out. To
abandon the project was to call down the ridicule of the rest of the
Thirty. So he set out with the force to hand, and about daylight,
falling on the camp of Pharnabazus, put many of his advanced guard
of Mysians to the sword. The men themselves made good their escape in
different directions, but the camp was taken, and with it divers goblets
and other gear such as a man like Pharnabazus would have, not to speak
of much baggage and many baggage animals. It was the dread of being
surrounded and besieged, if he should establish himself for long at any
one spot, which induced Pharnabazus to flee in gipsy fashion from point
to point over the country, carefully obliterating his encampments.
Now as the Paphlagonians and Spithridates brought back the captured
property, they were met by Herippidas with his brigadiers and captains,
who stopped them and (7) relieved them of all they had; the object being
to have as large a list as possible of captures to deliver over to the
officers who superintended the sale of booty. (8) This treatment the
Asiatics found intolerable. They deemed themselves at once injured
and insulted, got their kit together in the night, and made off in the
direction of Sardis to join Ariaeus without mistrust, seeing that he
too had revolted and gone to war with the king. On Agesilaus himself
no heavie