Xenophon,
Hellenica (Xenophon) — Book 4, Chapter 2
(1890s)
“ The Boeotians, in the first place, abandoning the rule of sixteen deep, chose to give their division the fullest possible depth, and, moreover, kept veering more and more to their right, with the intention of overlapping their opponent's flank. ”
Xenophon,
Hellenica (Xenophon) — Book 4, Chapter 2
(1890s)
“ There were besides three thousand Corinthians, and again from the whole of Euboea at least three thousand. These formed the heavy infantry. Of cavalry the Boeotians, again in the absence of the Orchomenians, furnished eight hundred, the Athenians [11] six hundred, the Chalcidians of Euboea one hundred, the Opuntian Locrians [12] fifty. Their light troops, including those of the Corinthians, were more numerous, as the Ozolian Locrians, the Melians, and Arcarnanians [13] helped to swell their numbers. ”
Xenophon,
Hellenica (Xenophon) — Book 4, Chapter 2
(1890s)
“ This was done, and as the Argives raced past, their enemies thrust at their unprotected [20] sides and killed many of them. The Corinthians were caught in the same way as they retired, and when their turn had passed, once more the Lacedaemonians lit upon a portion of the Theban division retiring from the pursuit, and strewed the field with their dead. 23The end of it all was that the defeated troops in the first instance made for safety to the walls of their city, but the Corinthians within closed the gates, whereupon the troops took up quarters once again in their old encampment. ”
