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 164. HISTORY OF GREECE. been dissolved altogether, had not a chai-ge of interest on the part of Anaxibius induced him to promote its reorganization. He sailed from Byzantium to the Asiatic coast, to acquaint Pharna- bazus that the Cyreians could no longer cause uneasiness, and to require his own promised reward. It seems moreover that Xen- ophon himself departed from Byzantium by the same opportunity. When they reached Kyzikus, they met the Lacedaemonian Ar- istarchus ; who was coming out as newly-appointed harmost of Byzantium, to supersede Kleander, and who acquainted Anax- ibius that Polus was on the point of arriving to supersede him as admiral. Anxious to meet Pharnabazus and make sure of his bribe, Anaxibius impressed his parting injunction upon Aristar- chus to sell for slaves all the Cyreians whom he might find at Byzantium on his arrival, and then pursued his voyage along the southern coast of the Propontis to Parium. But Pharnabazus, having already received intimation of the change of admirals, knew that the friendship of Anaxibius was no longer of any value, and took no farther heed of him ; while he at the same tune sent to Byzantium to make the like compact with Aristarchus against the Cyreian army. 1 Anaxibius was stung to the quick at this combination of disap- pointment and insult on the part of the satrap. To avenge it, he resolved to employ those very soldiers whom he had first corrupted and fraudulently brought across to Europe, next cast out from Byzantium, and lastly, ordered to be sold into slavery, so far as any might yet be found in that town ; bringing them back into Asia for the purpose of acting against Pharnabazus. According- ly he addressed himself to Xenophon, and ordered him without a moment's delay to rejoin the army, for the purpose of keeping it together, of recalling the soldiers who had departed, and trans- porting the whole body across into Asia. He provided him with an armed vessel of thirty oars to cross over from Parium to Perinthus, sending over a peremptory order to the Perinthians to furnish him with horses in order that he might reach the army Xen. Anab. vii, 2, 7 $apvu(3c&G tie, l^ei tj&ero 'Aplffrapxov re TJKOV- TC. tlf Bv&vnov up/itoaTTjv Kal 'A.va!;ij3iov OVKETI vavapxovvra, 'Avafi/?<ov uev jjp&ijcre, irpbc 'Apt'crrap^ov 6s die-/rarrero ra aira irepl rrv Kipfiot arof unep KOI irpbf 'Avat;i(3'.QV.