Anabasis – aka The Ten Thousand – aka The Persian Expedition by Xenophon When a book is over two thousand years old and still in print, it tends to gather more than one name. Xenophon was one of the leaders of this roughly 10, man Greek expedition into Persia, and tells his tale in the third person/5(). the back cover: In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army--The Ten Thousand--to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. The Anabasis (or The Persian Expedition, as Penguin has rechristened it in English for this edition) is Xenophon’s eyewitness account of an army of 10, Greek mercenaries’ travel out of Persia after fighting in one of her royals’ many power struggles. They encounter betrayal by the Persians, difficult and unfamiliar terrain, and regular attacks by the Persians and other Near-Eastern peoples along the way/5.
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were. In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of. Anabasis - aka The Ten Thousand - aka The Persian Expedition by Xenophon When a book is over two thousand years old and still in print, it tends to gather more than one name. Xenophon was one of the leaders of this roughly 10, man Greek expedition into Persia, and tells his tale in the third person.
The Persian Expedition, trans. by Rex Warner (), introduction by George Cawkwell (), Penguin Classics (ISBN ). Xenophon's Retreat by Robin Waterfield is an accessible companion for anyone needing to be filled in on the historical, military and political background. The Persian Expedition is the story of 10, Greek mercenaries who have been hired by Cyrus the younger to dethrone his brother, Artaxerxes, from the Persian throne. The plan to dethrone Artaxerxes comes to a halt when the Greek's benefactor, Cyrus, is killed in the opening skirmishes of the battle of Cunaxa, outside of Babylon, in the heart of the Persian Empire. The Anabasis (or The Persian Expedition, as Penguin has rechristened it in English for this edition) is Xenophon’s eyewitness account of an army of 10, Greek mercenaries’ travel out of Persia after fighting in one of her royals’ many power struggles. They encounter betrayal by the Persians, difficult and unfamiliar terrain, and regular attacks by the Persians and other Near-Eastern peoples along the way.
0コメント