Agora Editions: The Anabasis of Cyrus (Hardcover)

from Zare

This one is account of adventures of Greek mercenaries that were hired by Persian prince Cyrus. After Cyrus fails in his attempted coup [against his brother king], Greeks end up deeply behind enemy lines and without guides to get them back to Greece. Soon they will start their march to the Black ...

from justindtapp

Aka The Persian Expedition, Xenophon's account of how Cyrus the Younger led an army partly composed of Greek mercenaries is one of the most important surviving literary works of ancient days (4th century B.C.). It gives us an overview of the civilizations that existed in Asia Minor and their conf...

from riskedom

I've had this book in my home library for several years but never bothered to read it. I was sorely missing an epic account of an army stranded without friends in the heart of the Persian Empire. The author and one of the main characters, ultimately the principal character, presents a vivid accou...

from Taurus454

Interesting piece of literature and history. Modern translations using current day grammar lose a certain meanaingful element to the story. Earlier verbatim translations from 1700 period are much better suited to the historian or purist. However, if you are looking to get the gist of what happene...

from augustusgump

I enjoyed the book, although it inevitably became rather repetitive towards the end. Xenophon provides an up close and personal look at military life in an age of very different morality, when killing and enslavement of others seemed the natural order of things. Interestingly, since this was a Gr...