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.
Ten Thousand
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The Ten Thousand were a force of mercenary units, mainly Greeks, employed by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Their march to the
Anabasis (Xenophon)
…lit. 'An Ascent') 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 the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC. The seven…
Xenophon's Anabasis
Xenophon and the Ten Thousand hail the sea, 19th-century illustration