Anabasis, Part 1, Part VII summary

What happens

1. With provisions exhausted, Cheirisophus and Xenophon plan an approach beneath trees to exhaust the stones defending a Taochian stronghold.
2. Competing officers rush into the fortress; many defenders leap to their deaths, while the Hellenes capture abundant livestock.
3. The Chalybes repeatedly attack, and the army survives on captured animals before reaching Scythenian villages and gathering supplies.
4. At Gymnias, a guide promises a sea view within five days and urges destruction of territory hostile to his country.
5. On Theches, shouting initially alarms Xenophon, but he discovers that the troops can see the sea.
6. The soldiers embrace, build a cairn, reward the guide, and receive directions toward the Macrones before he departs.

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