History of Greece 9

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History of Greece 9
George Grote
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112 fflSTOBT OF GREECE.
ral of the soldiers' ringSy which he espedally asked for. Thtia loaded with presents, he left them, having first shown them a village wherein they could find quarters,;— as well as the road whidh they were to take through the territory of the Makrones.^ When they reached the river which divided the land of the Makrdnes fi:t>m that of the Skythini, they perceived the fonner assemhled in arms on the opposite side to resist their passage.
The river not being fordable, they
...cut down Bosne neighboring trees to provide the means of crossing. While these Makr^es were shouting and encouraging each other aloud, a peltast in the Grecian army came to XenOphon, saying that he knew their lan- guage, and that he believed this to be his country. He had be^ a slave at Athens, exported from home during his boyhood,— lie had then made his escape (probably during the Pelopoimesian war, to the garrison of Dekeleia), and aDerwards taken military service. By this fortunate accident^ the generals were enabled to open negotiations with the Makrdnes, and to assure them that the army would do them no harm, desiring nothing more than a free passage and a market to buy provisions* The Makrdnes, on receiving such assurance in their own language from a countty- man^ exchanged pledges of friendship with the Greeks, assisted them to pass the river, and frimished the best market in their power during the three days' march across their territory.^ The army now reached the borders of the Kolchians, who were found in hostile array, occupying the summit of a considerable mountain which formed their frt)ntier.

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