But while they were taking counsel about this matter, the King had
 already changed his line of battle to the same form as theirs and
 brought it into position opposite them, just as when he had met them
 for battle the first time. Xenophon
 seems to mean that the King now moved to the right until his
 flank (like that of the Greeks—see the preceding notes) rested
 upon the Euphrates . The
 two armies, therefore, were again squarely facing one another,
 though with positions relatively reversed (see note 2
 above). And when the Greeks saw that the enemy were near
 them and in battle-order, they again struck up the paean and
 advanced to the attack much more eagerly than before; and the barbarians once again failed to await the attack, but took to
 flight when at a greater distance from the Greeks than they were the
 first time. The Greeks pursued as far as a certain village, and there they
 halted; for above the village was a hill, upon which the King and
 his followers rallied; and they were not now foot-soldiers, but the
 hill was covered with horsemen, so that the Greeks could not
 perceive what was going on. They did see, they said, the royal
 standard, a kind of golden eagle on a shield, raised aloft upon a
 pole. But when at this point also the Greeks resumed their forward
 movement, the horsemen at once proceeded to leave the hill; they did
 not keep together, however, as they went, but scattered in different
 directions; so the hill became gradually cleared of the horsemen,
 till at last they were all gone. Clearchus, accordingly, did not lead the army up the hill, but halted
 at its foot and sent Lycius the Syracusan and another man to the
 summit, directing them to observe what was beyond the hill and
 report back to him.