Ode to the 13.000.
An icy feeling of fury, terror and indignation at what was to follow, flooded the hearts of the thirteen thousand hoplites of the invincible Greek army.
Archon Cyrus, younger brother of the great Persian king Artaxerxes, lay dead on the bloody battlefield in Kounaxa.
The great king, trembling at the thought of having in his territory the battle – worthy phalanx of the Myriads, treacherously murdered the Greek generals in his tent.
Their only hope, their new commander – in – Chief, Xenofontas of Gryllos, who was elected by acclamation.
The great Athenian man, who after a vast and perilous march from Babylon to the Black Sea, he finally succeeds in bringing them back home.
Θάλαττα, θάλαττα!
