Xenophon\'s Hoplite(or light troops) Rations

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Well,i'd suggest you read Xenophon himself. Basicly they would eat whatever they found in the villages they passed through,whatever they were given by them or even provided by the persian army and whatever they could steal. I guess they could usually make bread and they some times had wine,so this alone makes a complete meal for an Athenian! They might have done the "kikeon" which was a kind of soup with broken whead,baked and soaked in some liquid,water(?) wine(?) can't really remember,and probably whatever else they could add in it for flavour.
Again their mess kit wasn't what you'd usually see in Greece since the greek camp was captured by the Persians during the battle of Cunaxa. Whatever they would be provided by the persians and could steal from the persian villages.
And of course,much of the time they had nothing to eat!
Khaire
Giannis