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An excellent book for anyone interested in Ancient Greek warfare, or just a rattling good tale. ― The NYMAS Review One of the foundational works of military history and political philosophy, and an inspiration for Alexander the Great, the Anabasis of Cyrus recounts the epic story of the Ten Thousand, a band of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to overthrow his brother, Artaxerxes, king of Persia and the most powerful man on earth. It shows how Cyrus' army was assembled covertly and led from the coast of Asia Minor all the way to Babylon; how the Greeks held the field against a superior Persian force; how Cyrus was killed, leaving the Greeks stranded deep within enemy territory; and how many of them overcame countless dangers and found their way back to Greece. Their remarkable success was due especially to the wily and decisive leadership of Xenophon himself, a student of Socrates who had joined the Ten Thousand and, after most of the Greek generals had been murdered, rallied the despondent Greeks, won a position of leadership, and guided them wisely through myriad obstacles. In this new translation of the Anabasis , Wayne Ambler achieves a masterful combinatio

Who reads The Anabasis of Cyrus?

Author

Xenophon.; Wayne Ambler; Eric Buzzetti

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801489990

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Fiction, History

Rating

4.8 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14