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Anabasis (Xenophon) Xenophon's Anabasis, translated by Carleton Lewis Brownson. [1] Anabasis ( / əˈnæbəsɪs /; Greek: Ἀνάβασις [anábasis]; an "expedition up from") is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. [2]
- Xenophon
- 1875
chapter: section: Darius and Parysatis had two sons born to them, of whom the elder was Artaxerxes and the younger Cyrus. 1 Now when Darius lay sick and suspected that the end of his life was near, he wished to have both his sons with him. 1 In regard to the persons mentioned and the events sketched in sections1-4, see Introduction, pp. 231 sqq.
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The words were scarcely spoken when someone sneezed (2), and with one impulse the soldiers bowed in worship; and Xenophon proceeded: "I propose, sirs, since, even as we spoke of safety, an omen from Zeus the Saviour has appeared, we vow a vow to sacrifice to the Saviour thank-offerings for safe deliverance, wheresoever first we reach a friendly ...
Xenophon, Anabasis, Book 1. Hide browse bar. book: chapter: 1. Darius and Parysatis had two sons born to them, of whom the elder was Artaxerxes and the younger Cyrus. 1 Now when Darius lay sick and suspected that the end of his life was near, he wished to have both his sons with him. [ 2 ] The elder, as it chanced, was with him already; but ...
Anabasis, prose narrative, now in seven books, by Xenophon, of the story of the Greek mercenary soldiers who fought for Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to seize the Persian throne from his brother, Artaxerxes II. It contains a famous account of the mercenaries’ long trek (“the march of the 10,000”) from near Babylon to the Euxine (Black ...
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2012. Xenophon’s Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted thousands of Greek mercenaries in an attempt to seize the vast Persian empire for himself. Cyrus was killed in a great ...
