s; while some stood still, not knowing how to act under
the circumstances. 14. Proxenus happened then to be coming up behind the
rest, with a body of heavy-armed men following him, and immediately led
his troops into the middle space between them both, and drew them up
under arms, begging Clearchus to desist from what he was doing. But
Clearchus was indignant, because, when he had narrowly escaped stoning,
Proxenus spoke mildly of the treatment that he had received; he
accordingly desired him to stand out from between them.

15. At this juncture Cyrus came up, and inquired into the affair. He
then instantly took his javelins in his hand, and rode, with such of his
confidential officers as were with him, into the midst of the Greeks,
and addressed them thus: 16. "Clearchus and Proxenus, and you other
Greeks who are here present, you know not what you are doing. For if you
engage in any contention with one another, be assured, that this very
day I shall be cut off, and you also not long after me; since, if our
affairs go ill, all these Barbarians, whom you see before you, will
prove more dangerous enemies to us than even those who are with the
king." 17. Clearchus, on hearing these remonstrances, recovered his
self-possession; and both parties, desisting from the strife, deposited
their arms in their respective encampments.

[Footnote 44: [Greek: Apespato].] "Drew itself away from" its pursuers.
There are various readings of this word. Kuehner adopts [Greek: apespa],
in the sense of "drew off its pursuers from the rest of the huntsmen."
Bornemann reads [Greek: apeptato].]

[Footnote 45: It would be needless to repeat all that has been said as
to the construction of this passage; I have adopted the explication of
Kuehner.]

[Footnote 46: [Greek: Epi Pylas].] A strait or defile through which the
road lay from Mesopotamia into Babylonia; hence called the _Pylae
Babyloniae_. It is mentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus _sub voce_ [Greek:
Charmande]. Ainsworth, p. 80, places it fourteen miles north of Felujah,
and a hundred and eight miles north of Babylon.]

[Footnote 47: [Greek: Kapithe].] A measure, as is said below, equal to
two Attic _choenices_. The Attic choenix is valued by Mr. Hussey,
Essay on Ancient Weights, &c., ch. 13, sect. 4, at 1.8467 pint.]

[Footnote 48: The _siglus_ is regarded by some as the same with the
Hebrew shekel, but erroneously, as the siglus was of less value than the
shekel. The obolus is valued