Tachos, accordingly, thus deserted by his mercenaries, took to flight. But in Mendes another rival rose up against Nectanabis and was proclaimed king, and after collecting a hundred thousand men advanced against him. Then Nectanabis sought to encourage AgesilaĆ¼s by saying that although the enemy were numerous, they were a mixed rabble of artisans whose inexperience in war made them contemptible.
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