Clearchus

[ klee-ahr-kuh s ]

/ kliˈɑr kəs /

died 401 b.c., Spartan general.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

Clearchus hesitated to advance upon the enemy, knowing that the troops were tired and hungry; and indeed it was already late.
Anabasis|Xenophon
Clearchus knew this; I fancy some others guessed it; I know I did for one.
Callias|Alfred John Church
Cyrus and Clearchus have thrown for great stakes, and they have won; but at first the dice were against them.
Callias|Alfred John Church
On hearing the man's message, they conducted him to Clearchus, and told him what he had said.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis|Xenophon

The first of these, Clearchus, was a thorough soldier, and a true lover of fighting.
Anabasis|Xenophon