Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries

Target entity: Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
Context triple: [Anabasis, mainGroup, Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries]

• A. Plataean army
  The Plataean army was the small but crucial Greek city-state force that fought alongside Athens to help defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
• B. Athenian army
  The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
• C. Boeotian army
  The Boeotian army was the collective military force of the cities of Boeotia in ancient Greece, noted for its heavy infantry and decisive role in regional conflicts such as the Peloponnesian War.
• D. Theban Sacred Band
  The Theban Sacred Band was an elite ancient Greek military unit of 300 hoplite soldiers, famed for its battlefield effectiveness and composed of pairs of male lovers whose bonds were believed to strengthen their courage and cohesion in combat.
• E. Athenian cavalry
  The Athenian cavalry was the mounted military force of ancient Athens, used primarily for reconnaissance, skirmishing, and supporting the city-state’s infantry-dominated armies.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
Target entity description: The Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries were a large force of Greek hoplite soldiers who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back to Greece, an ordeal recounted by Xenophon in his work Anabasis.

• A. Plataean army
  The Plataean army was the small but crucial Greek city-state force that fought alongside Athens to help defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
• B. Athenian army
  The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
• C. Boeotian army
  The Boeotian army was the collective military force of the cities of Boeotia in ancient Greece, noted for its heavy infantry and decisive role in regional conflicts such as the Peloponnesian War.
• D. Theban Sacred Band
  The Theban Sacred Band was an elite ancient Greek military unit of 300 hoplite soldiers, famed for its battlefield effectiveness and composed of pairs of male lovers whose bonds were believed to strengthen their courage and cohesion in combat.
• E. Athenian cavalry
  The Athenian cavalry was the mounted military force of ancient Athens, used primarily for reconnaissance, skirmishing, and supporting the city-state’s infantry-dominated armies.
• F. None of above. chosen