Yahoo Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: anabasis (xenophon) of the second
  2. Discover a Wide Selection Of Books Suitable For Every Reader's Taste. Shop Now. Read Customer Reviews & Find Best Sellers. Free, Easy Returns On Millions Of Items.

Search results

  1. 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
  2. May 16, 2024 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Anabasis Author: Xenophon Translator: H. G. Dakyns Release Date: August 13, 2008 [EBook #1170] Last Updated: January 15, 2013 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS ...

  3. Xenophon, Anabasis, Book 2. book: chapter: 1. 1 [The preceding narrative has described how a Greek force was collected for Cyrus at the time when he was planning an expedition against his brother Artaxerxes, what events took place during the upward march, how the battle was fought, how Cyrus met his death, and how the Greeks returned to their ...

  4. People also ask

  5. 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 ...

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. The second book of Xenophon's Anabasis by Xenophon; White, John Tahourdin, 1809-1893. Publication date 1878 Publisher London, Longmans Collection robarts; toronto

  7. Nov 3, 2023 · Xenophon's Anabasis is a seven-volume work written in Ancient Greek that is the author’s personal account of the expedition to seize the throne of Persia from ... Cyrus’s second-in-command ...

  8. Anabasis means “march inland from the coast,” which is a paradoxical title for a book that is mostly about a march to the coast from inland. But the author, Xenophon, an Athenian, had a taste for irony, borrowed from his teacher, the great philosopher Socrates. Xenophon at first played a minor role in an army of 10,000 mercenaries who ...

  1. People also search for