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while_n pharnabazus_n after_o he_o have_v make_v truce_n with_o he_o philip._n diodorus_n ibid._n justia_n ibid._n pausan_n in_o atticis_fw-la &_o isocrates_n in_o evagora_n &_o add_v philip._n go_v up_o to_o the_o king_n to_o who_o he_o accuse_v tissaphernes_n as_o not_o have_v repel_v the_o lacedaemonian_n out_o of_o asia_n but_o suffer_v they_o there_o to_o continue_v at_o his_o cost_n and_o damage_n allege_v how_o unworthy_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o fight_v more_o with_o money_n than_o arm_n and_o to_o restrain_v a_o enemy_n more_o with_o reward_n than_o valour_n he_o advise_v he_o to_o make_v ready_a a_o fleet_n and_o give_v the_o command_n thereof_o to_o conon_n the_o athenian_a a_o man_n of_o great_a experience_n in_o thing_n that_o concern_v war_n who_o since_o the_o disaster_n of_o his_o country_n sojourn_v with_o evagoras_n the_o king_n of_o cyprus_n artaxerxes_n yield_v give_v he_o 500_o
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expedition_n conone_n diodorus_n &_o justin_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la aemil._n probus_n in_o conone_n rather_o than_o diododorus_n or_o pausanias_n be_v at_o sardis_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n be_v accuse_v by_o the_o persian_n to_o have_v forsake_v and_o betray_v they_o about_o this_o time_n it_o happen_v that_o conon_n the_o admiral_n of_o the_o persian_a fleet_n have_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o a_o long_a time_n solicit_v the_o king_n by_o letter_n for_o money_n to_o pay_v his_o man_n resolve_v now_o himself_o to_o go_v to_o he_o pharnabazus_n egg_v he_o on_o that_o he_o may_v accuse_v tissaphernes_n of_o treachery_n leave_v then_o his_o fleet_n to_o the_o care_n of_o two_o athenian_n he_o come_v to_o thapsacus_n in_o syria_n and_o pass_v down_o euphrates_n unto_o babylon_n make_v application_n to_o tithraustes_n to_o who_o he_o signify_v that_o he_o will_v speak_v with_o the_o king_n but_o none_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o his_o presence_n except_o he_o adore_v he_o he_o 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7._o enjoin_v he_o to_o make_v he_o away_o and_o grant_v letter_n to_o all_o the_o city_n and_o lieutenant_n to_o be_v obedient_a to_o he_o he_o give_v he_o two_o letter_n at_o part_v whereof_o the_o one_o be_v write_v to_o tissaphernes_n be_v a_o pretend_a commission_n to_o he_o to_o have_v full_a and_o absolute_a power_n in_o the_o war_n the_o other_o to_o ariaeus_n lieutenant_n of_o larissa_n command_v he_o to_o assist_v tithraustes_n in_o the_o apprehend_n of_o he_o he_o deliver_v the_o letter_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o come_v to_o colosse_n in_o phrygia_n whither_o ariaeus_n procure_v tissaphernes_n to_o come_v as_o to_o advise_v together_o about_o the_o war_n and_o as_o he_o be_v in_o the_o bath_n have_v lay_v by_o his_o scimitar_n cause_v his_o servant_n to_o take_v he_o and_o send_v he_o to_o tithraustes_n who_o carry_v he_o as_o far_o as_o celaenae_n cut_v off_o his_o head_n which_o he_o convey_v to_o the_o king_n death_n tissaphernes_n put_v to_o death_n he_o send_v it_o to_o 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countryman_n such_o work_n at_o home_n that_o they_o must_v necessary_o recall_v he_o ibid._n xenoph._n ibid._n plutarch_n in_o artax_n &_o agesilao_n pausan_n ibid._n to_o this_o purpose_n he_o send_v one_o timocrates_n a_o rhodian_a into_o greece_n with_o gold_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 50_o talent_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o he_o may_v therewith_o corrupt_v the_o lead_n and_o the_o principal_a man_n of_o the_o several_a city_n and_o engage_v they_o into_o a_o war_n with_o the_o athenian_n against_o lacedaemon_n which_o be_v according_o bring_v about_o agesilaus_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n enter_v phrygia_n which_o be_v subject_a to_o pharnabazus_n about_o autumn_n spoil_v the_o country_n and_o by_o fair_a or_o foul_a mean_n take_v many_o city_n thence_o march_v he_o into_o paphlagonia_n which_o he_o withdraw_v from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o persian_a and_o receive_v 1000_o horse_n and_o 2000_o foot_n from_o cotys_n the_o king_n
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reconcile_v they_o to_o the_o king_n after_o
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