From this place he marched two stages—­ten parasangs—­to Thymbrium, a populous city.  Here, by the side of the road, is the spring of Midas, the king of Phrygia, as it is called, where Midas, as the story goes, caught the satyr by drugging the spring with wine.  From this place he marched two stages—­ten parasangs—­to Tyriaeum, a populous city.  Here he halted three days; and the Cilician queen, according to the popular account, begged Cyrus to exhibit his armament for her amusement.  The latter being only too glad to make such an exhibition, held a review of the Hellenes and barbarians in the plain.  He ordered the Hellenes to draw up their lines and post themselves in their customary battle order, each general marshalling his own battalion.  Accordingly they drew up four-deep.  The right was held by Menon and those with him; the 15 left by Clearchus and his men; the centre by the remaining generals with theirs.  Cyrus first inspected the barbarians, who marched past in troops of horses and companies of infantry.  He then inspected the Hellenes; driving past them in his chariot, with the queen in her carriage.  And they all had brass helmets and purple tunics, and greaves, and their shields uncovered[9].

[9] I.e. ready for action, c.f. “bayonets fixed”.

After he had driven past the whole body, he drew up his chariot in front of the centre of the battle-line, and sent his interpreter Pigres to the generals of the Hellenes, with orders to present arms and to advance along the whole line.  This order was repeated by the generals to their men; and at the sound of the bugle, with shields forward and spears in rest, they advanced to meet the enemy.  The pace quickened, and with a shout the soldiers spontaneously fell into a run, making in the direction of the camp.  Great was the panic of the barbarians.  The Cilician queen in her carriage turned and fled; the sutlers in the marketing place left their wares and took to their heels; and the Hellenes meanwhile came into camp with a roar of laughter.  What astounded the queen was the brilliancy and order of the armament; but Cyrus was pleased to see the terror inspired by the Hellenes in the hearts of the Asiatics.

From this place he marched on three stages—­twenty parasangs—­to Iconium, the last city of Phrygia, where he remained three days.  Thence he marched through Lycaonia five stages—­thirty parasangs.  This was hostile country, and he gave it over to the Hellenes to pillage.  At this point Cyrus sent back the Cilician queen to her own country by the quickest route; and to escort her he sent the soldiers of Menon, and Menon himself.  With the rest of the troops he continued his march through Cappadocia four stages—­twenty-five parasangs—­to Dana, a populous city, large and flourishing.  Here they halted three days, within which interval Cyrus put to death, on a charge of conspiracy, a Persian nobleman named Megaphernes, a wearer of the royal purple; and along with him another high dignitary among his subordinate commanders.