Anabasis: resumen de Part 1, no. 23, Part V

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1. The Hellenes hold the summit and descend to well-stocked villages, but enemy troops kill scattered plunderers and begin burning settlements.
2. Xenophon proposes defending the villages, while Cheirisophus argues that burning some themselves would discourage the enemy.
3. A Rhodian proposes a crossing supported by inflated hides, but enemy cavalry makes the scheme impractical.
4. The army retraces its route toward Babylon, burns abandoned villages, and questions prisoners about the surrounding country.
5. The generals choose the hills leading through Carduchian territory toward Armenia, make sacrifices, and order readiness after supper.

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