Theban cavalry

Often appears with: pausanias · panic flight · kithairon · conquest, plunder, and captives · battle and tactics

Usually: narrative (1) · sudden reversal of fortune (1)

Quotable

“And this is an additional proof to me that all the fortunes of the Barbarians depended upon the Persians, namely that at that time these men fled before they had even engaged with the enemy, because they saw the Persians doing so.” Herodotus, The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 · insight

The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 secondary

Herodotus · 5th century BCE (Book V; overall composition of Histories spans roughly mid-5th century BCE)
BOOK V. THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED TERPSICHORE > BOOK IX. THE NINTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CALLIOPE (25/46)

After retreating in panic because they saw Persians flee, various allied Greek units scatter, while Theban cavalry attacks and slaughters Boeotians and others near Kithairon during the aftermath of Plataea.

not to the same place as the Persians: and the main body of the other allies fled without having fought constantly with any one or displayed any deeds of valour.. 68. And this is an additional proof to me that all the fortunes of the Barbarians depended upon the Persians, namely that at that time these men fled before they had even engaged with the enemy, because they saw the Persians doing so. Thus all were in flig…