Expédition des dix mille by Xenophon

"Expédition des dix mille" by Xenophon is an account written around 370 BC. It chronicles the harrowing journey of ten thousand Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to seize Persia's throne in 401 BC. After Cyrus dies in battle and their leaders are treacherously killed, the stranded soldiers must fight their way north through hostile territory toward the Black Sea. Xenophon emerges as one of their elected leaders, guiding this "marching republic" through deserts and mountains in one of history's greatest military adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Xenophon, 432 BCE-351? BCE
Editor Rousset, Camille, 1821-1892
Translator Talbot, Eugène, 1814-1894
Uniform Title Anabasis. French
Title Expédition des dix mille
Original Publication France: Hachette, 1872.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dix-Mille
Credits Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Subject Iran -- History -- To 640
Subject Cyrus, the Younger, approximately 423 B.C.-401 B.C.
Subject Middle East -- Historical geography
Category Text
eBook-No. 70846
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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