up, that is, in a north-easterly direction, between this stream and
a compact the slopes of Nimrud and Sapan Taghs: this was facilitated in
TeriwU consequence of a compact proposed by Tenbazus, that the
march through Armenia should not be molested, and that the
Greeks should be permitted to take provisions, provided they
abstained from useless devastation.1
Agreeably to an arrangement which was highly advantageous
to those, who, in the month of December, were to encounter
the severe cold and deep snow of this elevated country without
tents or the means of carrying provisions, the Greeks recommenced
their march; and in three days, followed and watched by
the Persians at the distance of ten stadia, they advanced fifteen
parasangs over a plain, when they arrived at another palace
surrounded by many beautiful villages full of provisions.
Whilst sheltering themselves in these villages from a deep
fall of snow, 'some suspicion about the hostile intentions of the
Persians, which appears to have been the consequence of their
Broken by the °wn excesses, induced the Greeks to make an attack; and in
Greeks. ^is, the tent, the silver-posted bed, and some of the domestics
of Teribazus were, taken. After breaking the compact by this
act of hostility, the Greeks hastened onward, and having passed
a difficult defile without experiencing any molestation, in three
marches through snow, without perceiving habitations, they
reached and forded the Euphrates or Murad Chai, at no great
distance, according to report, from its springs, the water only
reaching to the middle of the body.3
Great difficui- Having accomplished the passage, the Greeks marched
b“ now. fifteen parasangs from thence in three days, over a plain covered
to the depth of six feet with snow, from which, and from a bleak
northerly wind, the soldiers suffered exceedingly, especially in
the third and fourth marches; some of the men experiencing
that craving species of hunger called Bulimy.4 The last day
at night-fall, Cheirisophus found himself at a village only one
parasang from that which was occupied by the satrap himself;
and here many of the Greeks who could not obtain cover
perished from cold. Being ignorant of the advantages of
1 Anabasis, lib. IV ., cap. iv. 3 Ibid.
3 Ibid., lib. V., cap. v. *■ Ibid.