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The Greeks found a civil war going on; they allied themselves with the nearer clans, took the Metropolis for them, and burnt the unhappy god-king alive in his tower. Thence they went through the Tibareni to Cotyora; but Cotyora had heard of their doings at Cerasus and closed her gates, and some envoys from SInope threatened, if Cotyora's lands were touched, to call In Corylas and his Paphlagonians; Xenophon in reply suggested that the Greeks might help Corylas to take Sinope, whereon the envoys became less truculent and friendship was established.
Meanwhile some of the leaders had discovered some wealthy merchants from SInope and Heraclea, and by threats extorted a promise of sufficient transports and a large sum of money. With Corylas they made a treaty, and entertained his envoys with an exhibition of their different national dances, ending up with a slave-girl with a little shield who danced the Pyrrhic dance very prettily. The ships came, but not the money, and there was more trouble before they finally called * went on board and sailed to Sinope; there Cheirisophus rejoined PERSIA j6 [CHAP.
Darius' eighteenth bank. Some foragers however satrapy), holding the farther found a ford higher up, and by skilful strategy the army got across, out-manoeuvring Orontes, whose men gave little trouble ; but the c Carduchi swarmed down on them as they were crossing, and Xenophon the opportunity of a brilliant little rearguard action. They crossed the Bitlis river, which they thought was the Tigris, went by Bitlis to Mush, crossed the Teleboas (Murad su) into "Western Armenia* (the thirteenth satrapy, Armenia proper), met its satrap Tiribazus, and made an agreement with him that neither side should harm the other.