Complete Works of Xenophon (Illustrated) (Delphi Ancient Classics)
“1. Now when Agesilaus arrived, at the beginning of autumn, in Pharnabazus’ province of Phrygia, he laid the land waste with fire and sword and gained possession of cities, some by force, others by their voluntary surrender. [2] And when Spithridates said that if he would come to Paphlagonia with him, he would bring the king of the Paphlagonians to a conference and make him an ally, Agesilaus eagerly undertook the journey, since this was a thing he had long desired — to win some nation away from... the Persian King. [3] Upon his arriving in Paphlagonia, Otys came and concluded an alliance; for he had been summoned by the Persian King and had refused to go up to him. He also, by the persuasion of Spithridates, left behind for Agesilaus a thousand horsemen and two thousand peltasts. [4] And Agesilaus, feeling grateful to Spithridates for these things, said to him: “Tell me, Spithridates, would you not give your daugther to Otys?” “Far more willingly,” said he, “than he would accept her, the daughter of an exile, while he is lord of a great land and power.”MoreLess
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