51/53 The sentence itself suggests the mould for the New Testament narrative. A sharp contrast to Chrysantas, the Peer, with his pointed plebeian similes. His speech important again for Xenophon's sympathetic knowledge of children and also of the hard-working poor. Cannot one see the little boy doubling his little fists, a knife in his pocket, possibly a ball of string? _Locus classicus_ for regimental marching tactics. |