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Look now what these self-elected leaders have done for you. The magistrate of Kerasus, if he was really guilty of wrong towards you, has been enabled to escape with impunity; if he was innocent, he has been obliged to run away from you, as the only means of avoiding death without pretence of trial.
Having deposited in the temple at Ephesus that portion which had been confided to him as general, of the tenth set apart by the army at Kerasus for the Ephesian Artemis, he seems to have executed his intention of returning to Athens.
Eight thousand six hundred heavy-armed foot-soldiers, out of a total probably greater than eleven thousand, were found still remaining; besides targeteers and various light troops. During the halt at Kerasus, the declining discipline of the army became manifest as they approached home. Various acts of outrage occurred, originating now, as afterwards, in the intrigues of treacherous officers.
It is generally assumed that Pharnakia was the same as Kerasus mentioned by Xenophon in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand, and the place being now called Kerasunt seems to establish this. Arrian in his Periplus of the Euxine states that it was originally named Kerasus.
The fruit was introduced into Italy from Kerasus about 70 B.C., and thence to England, France, and other countries conquered by the Romans. =Targeteers=: troops carrying a light target, or shield. =Paphlagonian horse=: meaning the Paphlagonian cavalry. =Hellas=: Greece. When they have thus furnished so excellent a provision for life, who but spoilt children can be discontented and ask for more?
=Odysseus=: as Homer in the "Odyssey" represents Odysseus, or Ulysses, to have done. =Byzantium=: the modern Constantinople. =Merchant ships=: small, one-masted vessels, not larger than our fishing-smacks. =Kerasus=: this place is the native home of the cherry, and the origin of its name.
In three days they reached Kerasus, another maritime colony of the Sinopians, still in the territory called Kolchian; there they halted ten days, mustered and numbered the army, and divided the money acquired by the sale of their prisoners.
Their exasperation against Xenophon became so intense, that they collected in fierce groups; and there was even a fear that they would break out into mutinous violence, as they had before done against the magistrates of Kerasus.
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