1. After the death of Cyrus, the leaders of the Greek warriors did not
know what to do. 2. In the course of the following day, one of the
leaders of the enemy sent a messenger (205) with deceitful promises
about help. 2. He said "Assemble in our leader's tent, in order that
you may all discuss the matter." 3. The Greek leaders went, although
they suspected danger, because they did not know how else to save
their men. 4. But they never returned, and soon the Greeks understood
that the barbarians had killed them. 5. They wept tears of despair,
and said "The barbarians will inevitably destroy us, for we are in
a foreign land, where we know neither the languages nor the roads,
and the peoples are without exception hostile to us." 6. But the
leaders-of-lesser-rank said "Obey us and follow us, and we shall do our
best to save you!" 7. Their return, across hot plains and snow-covered
mountains, made-more-difficult by hunger and by the unceasing attacks
of the barbarians, is related in the history written by a famous Greek
historian. 8. One can still read this interesting narrative, in Greek or
in a translation.