"Θάλαττα! θάλαττα! (Thalatta! Thalatta!)"
— Sea

January 1, 1970

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Seas and oceans
Original Language: English

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Cry of joy uttered by the roaming Ten Thousand when they saw the Black Sea from Mount Theches after participating in Cyrus the Younger's failed march against the Persian Empire, as recorded by Xenophon in his Anabasis, bk. 4, ch. 7, sec. 24