After conspicuous failure with his own generals Artaxerxes adopted tardily the course which Clearchus, captain of the Ten Thousand, is said to have advised after the battle of Cunaxa, and tried his fortune once more with Greek Condottieri, only to find Greek generals and Greek mercenaries arrayed against them.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Not yet were they Condottieri carving out fortunes by their swords: not yet were they the pampered minions of an autocrat, intent primarily on guarding the estates which his favour had bestowed.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
The knights thus made already contained within themselves the germ of those Condottieri who reduced the service of arms to a commercial speculation.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds