Plutarch quotes the physician Ctesias' description of one part of this battle in which Mithridates "struck a dart into" the temple of one side's commander, who then fell on a rock and died. Earlier, a subordinate commander in this battle had refused to move to the center so that the Euphrates could protect his right flank. Clearchus took command of one side's army after this battle, but was himself later murdered at a banquet given by Tissaphernes. According to one historian present, only one Greek mercenary was even wo
Plutarch quotes the physician Ctesias' description of one part of this battle in which Mithridates "struck a dart into" the temple of one side's commander, who then fell on a rock and died. Earlier, a subordinate commander in this battle had refused to move to the center so that the Euphrates could protect his right flank. Clearchus took command of one side's army after this battle, but was himself later murdered at a banquet given by Tissaphernes. According to one historian present, only one Greek mercenary was even wounded, though it was the final defeat in Cyrus the Younger's failed revolt against his brother Ataxerxes II. For ten points, identify this battle described in Xenophon's Anabasis, after which the Ten Thousand had to retreat back to Greece.
Plutarch quotes the physician Ctesias' description of one part of this battle in which Mithridates "struck a dart into" the temple of one side's commander, who then fell on a rock and died.
Battle of {Cunaxa}