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Quotation from The Persian Expedition by Xenophon
“Presently they could hear the soldiers shouting and passing on the joyful word, "The sea! the sea”
The Persian Expedition, Book IV, Chapter VII, trans. H. G. Dakyns (1890s)
From Mount Theches the vanguard sights the Black Sea; the soldiers embrace in tears and build a cairn.
Citation: "Presently they could hear the soldiers shouting and passing on the joyful word, "The sea! the sea" — Xenophon, The Persian Expedition, Book IV, Chapter VII, trans. H. G. Dakyns (1890s). (id the-persian-expedition-q8)
