So they went off, and Clearchus
 awaited their return; meanwhile the troops provided themselves with
 food as best they could, by slaughtering oxen and asses of the
 baggage train. As for fuel, they went forward a short distance from
 their line to the place where the battle was fought and used for
 that purpose not only the arrows, many in number, which the Greeks
 had compelled all who deserted from the King to throw away, but also
 the wicker shields and the wooden Egyptian shields; there were
 likewise many light shields and wagons that they could carry off,
 all of them abandoned. These various things, then, they used for
 fuel, and so boiled meat and lived on it for that day. See note on Xen. Anab. 1.5.6 . And now it was about full-market
 time, See note on Xen. Anab. 1.8.1 . and
 heralds arrived from the King and Tissaphernes, all of them
 barbarians except one, a Greek named Phalinus, who, as it chanced,
 was with Tissaphernes and was held in honour by him; for this
 Phalinus professed to be an expert in tactics and the handling of
 heavy infantry. When these heralds came up, they called for the leaders of the Greeks
 and said that the King, since victory had fallen to him and he had
 slain Cyrus , directed the Greeks to give up
 their arms, go to the King’s court, and seek for themselves whatever
 favour they might be able to get. Such was the message of the King’s heralds. The Greeks received it
 with anger, but nevertheless Clearchus said as much as this, that it
 was not victors who gave up their arms; However, he continued, do you, my
 fellow generals, give these men whatever answer you can that is
 best and most honourable, and I will return immediately. 
 For one of his servants had summoned him to see the vital organs
 that had been taken out of a sacrificial victim, for Clearchus
 chanced to be engaged in sacrificing. Then Cleanor the Arcadian, being the
 eldest of the generals, made answer that they would die sooner than
 give up their arms. And Proxenus the Theban said: For my part, Phalinus, I wonder whether the King
 is asking for our arms on the assumption that he is victorious,
 or simply as gifts, on the assumption that we are his friends.
 For if he asks for them as victor, why need he ask for them,
 instead of coming and taking them? These words recall the famous answer which
 Leonidas at Thermopylae made to the same demand:
 μολὼν λαβέ, 
 Come and take them. But if he desires
 to get them by persuasion, let him set forth what the soldiers
 will receive in case they do him this favour.