The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)

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ISBN-10:

0140440070

ISBN-13:

9780140440072

Author(s): Xénophon
Edition: Revised ed.
Released: Jun 30, 1950
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
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Description:

Xenophon’s epic march into the heart of Persia has stirred the imagination of free men for centuries. Possibly written from diaries compiled at the time, there is no doubt that The Persian Expedition is one of the best pictures we have of Greeks confronting the ‘barbarian’ world. We see the soldiers debate leaders and strategy in open assembly; we see them falling on their knees in superstitious fear; we see them planning a piratical colony on barbarian land. And at the same time we share the rigors of the march to Babylon, the dismay of unexpected defeat, the uncertainty of the long road home through wild Armenia, and the relief at last when the Ten Thousand reach ‘the sea, the sea!’.












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