The Persian Expedition

February 21, 2013 , 6

Download ebook or buy real book: “The Persian Expedition” by Xenophon, Rex Warner, George Cawkwell

Genres: Classics, Travel, Philosophy, Non Fiction, History, Literature, Military, War, Military History, Ancient

Original title: Ἀνάβασις

Rating: 3.99

Publish date: June 30th 1950

Language: English

Isbn: 0140440070

Written possibly from diaries compiled at the time, there is no dubt 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 rigours of the march to Babylon, the dismay of unexpected deeat, the uncertainty of the long road home through wild Armenia, and the relief at last when the Ten Thousand reach ‘ the sea, the sea !’.

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6 thoughts on “The Persian Expedition”

admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:11 am

What was perhaps the most human about it is that the army was assembled under attack throughout his journey, but it has become fragmented once back on the ground greek (I mean the territory).

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admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:11 am

Think Steven Wright read the Gettysburg Address. There were exciting moments – the battle of Cunaxa example

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admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:11 am

Xenophon is repeatedly charged and must justify and explain himself.

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admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:12 am

E ‘can analyze a situation from the point of view of each part, in cooperation with the complexity of each possible outcome.

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admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:13 am

I like Xenophon on the principle just because of the debacle in Asia Minor, where he saved them all, but I’m not really a fan of his writing.

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admin says:

February 21, 2013 at 12:13 am

Xenophon wrote the story in the third person, despite having played a key role in the events of history.

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