I know too small a print.. and you cant be bothered reading it all. Let me sum up for you.
Cyrus the Younger was a bit of an upstart, hired some snotty Greek Mercs [ they obeyed the orders they wanted to], as this would give Cyrus an edge over his brother in a battle against the wicker shields and composite boy armed Light Cavalry for the crown of Persian.

Cyrus screwed up! His brother had a bigger army among other things…;).

Cyrus dies in battle, the Greek mercenaries led by Clearchus kick arse and take names, but are overcome. After some skulduggery in the typical Persian way, they are freed to walk home…Thus begins the first real Odyssey.
Herodotus becomes are first historiographer.
Oh and Artaces basically lives happily ever after.
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Now the long form details on this battle from Hoplite – Great Battles of History Module for the OCD who just have to know or who cant find it on Board Game Geek:

Hoplite, the 15th volume in the Great Battles of History series of games, allows players to recreate classic battles from the pre-Alexandrian Persian-Hellenistic Age, the heyday of the Hoplite (heavy infantry fighting in packed formation). This period is often considered to feature the birth of Western Warfare, as opposed to the Persian/Eastern style, which relied on archery , light cavalry, and mobility.

Exactly how hoplite warfare was fought – what really happened when “the bell rang” – is highly disputed by ancient military historians, even today. Hoplite allows you to test out your theories (well, our theories, using your dice) with eleven of the great battles of this era, from the Battle of Leuctra, featuring the huge 60-man deep phalanx of Beotarch Epaminondas to the classic confrontations with the Persian missile-armed troops against the classic Greek hoplite phalanxes.Hoplite uses detailed mechanics meant to convey all the possibilities of this style of warfare, from The Hellenic Law of Inertia, to Drift to the Right, to the special capabilities of the Persian Light Cavalry (Harassment and Dispersal) to three different levels of Hoplite advance to Combat (the Run Don’t Walk rules) and a whole lot more. We even still have some good old chariots!

And you get to fight what was the biggest land battle in European history up until Napoleonic times, the immense Battle of Plataea (truly the deciding engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars): two maps and about 250 combat counters covering The Greek Contingents from 26 City-States under Pausanias, Spartan Regent and General, vs. The Persians, Medes, Asians (Bactrians, Scythians, Indians and a whole lot of others) and seven Medized Greek city-states, under Mardonius, Persian Commander and son-in-law of The Great King, Darius I.

The package includes Simple GBoH versions for each of the battles along with special rules that highlight the hoplite style of warfare.

Hoplite is the ultimate board game simulation on the birth of Western Warfare. And it lets you see how we stack up with the latest (June 2013) book on the subject:Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece, Donald Kagan (Editor), Gregory F. Viggiano (Editor)

Components:

• 3 22 x 34″ back printed maps
• 4 Counter Sheets (1,120 1/2″ counters)
• 1 Rules Book
• 1 Scenario Book
• 2 player aid folio cards (standard rules)
• 1 player aid card (Simple GBoH rules)
• 1 ten-sided die
• plastic counter storage bags

Game scale: 100 yards per hexPlayers: 1 to 4 – Plataea (no solo rules; Plataea could hold up to nine actually)

Playing Time: 1 ½ to 8 hours

Battles:

• Cunaxa
• Delium
• Ephesus
• Leuctra
• Mantinea
• Marathon
• Mycale
• Plataea
• Nemea
• Coronea
• Tanagra

For those interested in the making of the video:

It takes 2-3 times as long to play each activation as a image per counter or formation per hex is required. Post turn production is about an hour per minute of video. Then find historical images, a sound track, edit in and voila. Done.