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Xenophon's Anabasis

by Xenophon

Anabasis is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. It narrates the expedition of a large army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC.

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English

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370 BC

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Xenophon of Athens was an Athenian-born military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected a commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies, the Ten Thousand,...

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rick davis

Posted: 1 year ago

Not Recommended

"read" by G.Redman

a 1000sources with first pages by "Graham Redman"and the lion's share read very(!)badly, by several awful contributors. it'sa damn shame