The expedition of Cyrus / Xenophon ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; with an introduction and notes by Tim Rood.

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Xenophon

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xliii, 231 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191517716
0191517712
1282268422
9781282268425
9786612268427
6612268425

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Anabasis. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Expedition of Cyrus.DDC classification:

938 22

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DF231.32 .X413 2005eb

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Contents:

Introduction; Translator's Note; Select Bibliography; Outline of Events; Map: The March of the Ten Thousand; THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS; Appendix: Weights and Measures; Explanatory Notes; Textual Notes; Index of Proper Names.

Summary: The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The exploits of this famous army of Greek mercenaries in modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq were described by one of their leaders, the Athenian historian and philosopher Xenophon. Their long march, across mountains and plateaux to the sight of 'The sea! The sea!', back to the fringes of the Greek world, is the most exciting adventure story to survive from the ancient world. - ;'Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xxxviii) and index.

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The exploits of this famous army of Greek mercenaries in modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq were described by one of their leaders, the Athenian historian and philosopher Xenophon. Their long march, across mountains and plateaux to the sight of 'The sea! The sea!', back to the fringes of the Greek world, is the most exciting adventure story to survive from the ancient world. - ;'Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way.

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