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The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the epic march of the Ten Thousand, an army recruited at the end of the fifth century BC by a young Persian prince, Cyrus, who rose in revolt agains his brother, the King of Persia. After Cyrus' death, the army is left stranded in the desert of Mespotamia, a thousand miles from home. Their long march, across mountains and plateaus to the sight of "The sea! The sea!," and back to the fringes of the Greek world, is the most excititng adventure story to survive from the ancient world. This new translation of Xenophon's most famous work offers a gripping narrative and a unique insight into the character of a Greek army struggling to survive in an alien world.
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Robin Waterfield is the author of Athens: A History-from Ancient Ideal to Modern City. He has translated Plato's Symposium and Meno and other Dialogues for the Oxford World's Classics series. Tim Rood is Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.
The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the epic march of the Ten Thousand, an army recruited at the end of the fifth century BC by a young Persian prince, Cyrus, who rose in revolt agains his brother, the King of Persia. After Cyrus' death, the army is left stranded in the desert of Mespotamia, a thousand miles from home. Their long march, across mountains and plateaus to the sight of "The sea! The sea!," and back to the fringes of the Greek world, is the most excititng adventure story to survive from the ancient world. This new translation of Xenophon's most famous work offers a gripping narrative and a unique insight into the character of a Greek army struggling to survive in an alien world.
About the Author
Robin Waterfield is the author of Athens: A History-from Ancient Ideal to Modern City. He has translated Plato's Symposium and Meno and other Dialogues for the Oxford World's Classics series. Tim Rood is Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.
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The Expedition of Cyrus, Book Seven, Book One, Calpe Harbour, Timasion of Dardanus, Agasias of Stymphalus, Book Five, Book Six, Great King, Book Four, Cleanor of Orchomenus, Book Three, Callimachus of Parrhasia, Euxine Sea, Neon of Asine, Polycrates of Athens, Xenophon of Athens New!
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The Expedition of Cyrus, Book Seven, Book One, Calpe Harbour, Timasion of Dardanus, Agasias of Stymphalus, Book Five, Book Six, Great King, Book Four, Cleanor of Orchomenus, Book Three, Callimachus of Parrhasia, Euxine Sea, Neon of Asine, Polycrates of Athens, Xenophon of Athens New!
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- The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Persian Expedition (The Great Commanders Series) by Xenophon in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud in Back Matter
- Principles of Political Economy (Great Mind) by John Stuart Mill in Back Matter
- Eugene Onegin (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by A.S. Pushkin in Back Matter
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- Selected Essays (Oxford World's Classics) by David Hume in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Pre-Platonic Philosophers (International Nietzsche Studies) by Friedrich Nietzsche on page 148, page 150, and Back Matter
- The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss by Leo Strauss on page 130, and page 131
- Method of classical study: illustrated by questions on a few selections from Latin and Greek authors. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series on page 67, and page 68
- The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand by Robin Lane Fox on page 310, and page 311
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