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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]
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Apr 26, 2012 · The Ten Thousand were a group of mercenary units, mainly Greek, drawn up by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Their march to the Battle of Cunaxa and back to Greece (401 BC-399 BC) was recorded by Xenophon (one of its leaders) in his work, The Anabasis.
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ANABASIS By Xenophon Translation by H. G. Dakyns Dedicated To Rev. B. Jowett, M.A. Master of Balliol College Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates.
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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Xenophon's Anabasis. Between 401 and 399 BC, the Ten Thousand marched across Anatolia, fought the Battle of Cunaxa, and then marched back to Greece. Xenophon stated in Anabasis that the Greek heavy troops routed their opposition twice at Cunaxa at the cost of only one Greek soldier wounded. Only after the battle did they hear that Cyrus had ...
Nov 18, 2022 · Map; Introduction: The Philosopher Armed; 1 Xenophon the Athenian; 2 Anabasis in Historiographical and Literary Context; 3 Xenophon Didaskalos: Leaders and Leadership in Anabasis; 4 Xenophon’s Self-Defence; 5 Socrates in Anabasis; Conclusions: The Philosopher Unarmed; Appendix A Xenophon’s Life and Times; Appendix B Xenophon’s Writings ...
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