Phasis
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the Phasis
in the texts
The Funeral Speech
River beyond which the invading Amazons were driven by the Athenians' ancestors.
They so prevailed over the invading host of the Amazons as to expel them beyond the Phasis, and the host of Eumolpus and of many another foeman they drove not only out of their own land but also from the lands of all the other Greeks—invaders whom all those dwelling on our front to the westward neither withstood nor possessed the power to halt.
Anabasis
Destination in the east associated with a plan to seize Phasian land and with accusations against Xenophon.
And Neon said that Xenophon had won over the other generals and was intending to deceive the soldiers and lead them back to the Phasis.
They therefore took with them the other generals to whom they had communicated their earlier doings—namely, all the generals except Neon the Asinaean, who was acting as lieutenant for Cheirisophus because Cheirisophus had not yet returned—and came to Xenophon, with the message that they had changed their minds and thought it was best to sail to the Phasis, inasmuch as there were ships at hand, and …
I hear, soldiers, that some one is bringing a charge against me, namely, that I am going to deceive you and lead you to the Phasis.