Xenophon S Expedition Of Cyrus Books I Ii Iii Tr Literally With Notes By T W Allpress

"First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2005"--Title page verso.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...see5, used-to-be-laid-aside for the domestics; but those which used-to-be'laid aside for the masters were picked-out dates wonderful for the beauty and the size: and the appearance was nothing differing from amber: and some drying them put-them aside for sweetmeats, and also during drinking 1 Would beat ksfnt v. s Not /mi d. 'Proper . Palm-wine cms Qmlxm, 'May see Urn with the infinitive. E the dessert was pleasant, but apt-to-cause-headache. And here the soldiers first ate the pith of the palm-tree, and many were admiring the form, and the peculiarity of the sweetness. And this also was very apt-to-cause-head-ache. But the palm-tree, from-whence the marrow was taken-away, began-towither entirely1. Here they stayed 3 days: and from a great king came Tissaphernes, and the brother of the wife of a king, and 3 other Persians: and many slaves were attending. And when the generals of the Greeks met them, Tissaphernes by an interpreter first said these words: "Greeks," I live near3 Greece: and as I saw you "having fallen into many unfortunate and difficult "things, I valued-it-to-myself4 as an unexpect"ed-good-luck5, if by-any-means I should be able to "request of a king to allow me to conduct-safe you "into Greece. For I think that there would not be "any thing ungrateful to me, either from you or "from all Greece. And having thought these "things, I was asking a king, telling him, that 'he would justly oblige me, because I first told "him about Cyrus leading-an-army-against him, "and together-with the news arrived having assist"ance: and I alone of those who were set-in-battle"array against the Greeks fled not, but marched"through, and joined a...

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.

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 of Cyrus, Wayne Ambler achieves a masterful combination of liveliness and a fidelity to the original uncommon in other versions. Accompanying Ambler's translation is a penetrating interpretive essay by Eric Buzzetti, one that shows Xenophon to be an author who wove a philosophic narrative into his dramatic tale. The translation and interpretive essay encourage renewed study of the Anabasis of Cyrus as a work of political philosophy. They also celebrate its high adventure and its hero's adroit decision-making under the most pressing circumstances.