Anabasis (Xenophon)
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Anabasis is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. It gives an account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand, an army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus t
Xenophon's Anabasis, translated by Carleton Lewis Brownson.
Xenophon.
Retreat of the Ten Thousand at the Battle of Cunaxa, by Jean Adrien Guignet. Louvre.
Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire. The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is shown in green.
The Warriors (Yurick novel)
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The Warriors is a 1965 novel written by Sol Yurick inspired by Xenophon's Anabasis. It was adapted into the film of the same name in 1979. Compared to the film, the novel takes a closer look at sexual
Anabasis (Xenophon)
…Thalatta! Thalatta!" is mentioned in James Joyce Ulysses (novel) The Sol Yurick novel The Warriors (1965) was directly based on Anabasis. The novel was adapted into the cult classic film The Warriors (1979). The Paul Davies novella Grace: A Story…
First edition cover (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965)