marched with Neoptolemus to fight Eumenes, whom he imagined he should catch unawares, engaged in feasting and celebrating his late victory.  It did not argue any very great skill in Eumenes, that he soon became aware of the march of Kraterus to attack him; but to conceal his own weak points, not only from the enemy, but also from his own troops, and actually to force them to attack Kraterus without knowing against whom they fought, appears to me to have been the act of a consummate general.  He gave out that Neoptolemus and Pigres were about to attack him a second time, with some Cappadocian and Paphlagonian cavalry.  On the night when he intended to start he fell asleep and dreamed a strange dream.  He seemed to see two Alexanders, each at the head of a phalanx, preparing to fight one another.  Then Athena came to help the one, and Demeter the other.  After a hard fight, that championed by Athena was overcome, and then Demeter gathered ears of corn, and crowned the victorious phalanx with them.  He at once conceived that this dream referred to himself because he was about to fight for a most fertile land and one that abounded in corn; for at that time the whole country was sown with wheat, as if it were time of peace, and the fields promised an abundant harvest.  He was confirmed in his idea of the meaning of his dream when he heard that the watchword of the enemy was ‘Athena,’ with the countersign ‘Alexander.’  Hearing this, he himself gave the word ‘Demeter,’ with the countersign ‘Alexander,’ and ordered all his soldiers to crown themselves and adorn their arms with ears of wheat.  He was often tempted to explain to his officers who it was against whom they were about to fight; but in spite of the inconvenience of such a secret, he decided finally to keep it to himself.

VII.  He was careful not to send any Macedonians to attack Kraterus, but entrusted this duty to two divisions of cavalry, which he placed under the command respectively of Pharnabazus the son of Artabazus and Phoenix of Tenedos.  These he ordered, as soon as they saw the enemy, to charge at full speed, and not to give them time for any parley, or to send a herald; for he was grievously afraid that if the Macedonians recognized Kraterus they would desert to him.  He himself formed three hundred of the best of his cavalry into a compact mass with which he proceeded towards the right, to engage the detachment under Neoptolemus.  The main body, as soon as it had passed a small hill, came in sight of the enemy and at once charged at full gallop.  Kraterus at this broke out into violent abuse of Neoptolemus, saying that he had been deceived by him about the Macedonians who were to have deserted.  However, he called upon those about him to quit them like men, and advanced to meet the horsemen.

The shock was terrible.  Their spears were soon broken, and the fight was continued with swords.  Kraterus proved no unworthy successor of Alexander, for he slew many and often rallied his troops, until a Thracian rode at him sideways and struck him from his horse.  No one recognized him as he lay on the ground except Gorgias, one of the generals of Eumenes, who at once dismounted and kept guard over him, although he was grievously hurt and almost in the death-agony.