As for the hired Greeks in Persian service, thousands of the dead were to be buried, but the prisoners were… — Robin Lane Fox
As for the hired Greeks in Persian service, thousands of the dead were to be buried, but the prisoners were bound in fetters and sent to hard labour in Macedonia, 'because they had fought as Greeks against Greeks, on behalf of barbarians, contrary to the common decrees of the Greek allies.
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