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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140440070
ISBN-139780140440072
eBay Product ID (ePID)67953
Product Key Features
Book TitlePersian Expedition
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1950
TopicAncient / General, Ancient / Greece
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorXenophon
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN73-159470
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal935/.05/092
Grade ToUP
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentThe Persian ExpeditionIntroduction Translator's Note Map Book I: The Attempt of Cyrus 1. Cyrus Builds up His Army 2. The March from Sardis to Tarsus 3. Clearchus Deals with a Mutiny 4. Through the Syrian Gates and Across the Euphrates 5. The Arabian Desert. Quarrel Between Menon and Clearchus 6. Cyrus Deals with a Traitor 7. Cyrus Prepares for Battle, but the King Retreats 8. The Battle of Cunaxa and Death of Cyrus 9. The Character of Cyrus 10. After the Battle Book II: The Greeks are Isolated 1. The King's Messenger 2. The Greeks Join Arieaeus 3. The Greeks sign a Treaty with Tissaphernes 4. The March Begins with Mutual Suspicion 5. Tissaphernes' Treachery 6. Characters of the Five Generals Book III: The March to Kurdestan 1. Xenophon Takes the Initiative 2. The Council of War 3. The Greeks Suffer from Slings and Arrows 4. Tissaphernes Still in Pursuit 5. Between the Tigris and the Mountains Book IV: The March to the Sea 1. The Entry into Kurdestan 2. Fighting in the Mountains 3. The Crossing into Armenia 4. They Sack the Camp of Tiribazus 5. Marching Through the Snow 6. They Capture a Pass by a Manoeuvre 7. The Greeks Catch Sight of the Sea 8. They Arrive at Trapezus Book V: The March to Paphlagénia 1. Chirisophus Goes to Get Ships 2. A Plundering Expedition 3. The Greeks Leave Trapezus, Xenophon's Estate in Later Years 4. The Barbarous Mossynoeici 5. Xenophon Speaks for the Army 6. Xenophon Thinks of Founding a City 7. Xenophon Defends Himself 8. Xenophon Justifies Discipline in Emergency Book VI: The March to the Bosporus 1. Xenophon Refuses the Offer of the Supreme Command 2. The Army Splits into Three 3. Xenophon Rescues the Arcadians 4. The Army Reunited. Difficulties About Provisions 5. A Greek Victory 6. Some Trouble with the Spartans Book VII: Byzantium, Thrace and Asia Minor 1. Trouble at Byzantium 2. Xenophon Negotiates with Seuthes 3. The Greeks March with Seuthes 4. Successful Fighting with Seuthes 5. Trouble About the Pay 6. Xenophon is Attacked and Defends Himself 7. Xenophon Speaks to Seuthes 8. Xenophon Leaves the Army Glossary Index
SynopsisXenophon'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!'., 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 '., In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain - adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes. In this outstanding description of endurance and individual bravery, Xenophon, one of those chosen to lead the retreating army, provides a vivid narrative of the campaign and its aftermath, and his account remains one of the best pictures we have of Greeks confronting a 'barbarian' world.
LC Classification NumberPA4495.A6
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