Anabasis: The March of the Ten Thousand
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Ten thousand Greek mercenaries march into Persia for a prince who is killed in his first battle; their generals are seized under a flag of truce; and the survivors, leaderless in hostile country, elect a young Athenian to lead them home. Xenophon wrote the account himself, in the third person, and the shout when they reach the water — the sea, the sea — is one of the oldest thrills in literature. Fifty-nine plates, from Turner's The Slave Ship to David Roberts's Edinburgh from the Castle, trace the wider romantic landscape of the march and its Mediterranean world.
Ten thousand Greek mercenaries march into Persia for a prince who is killed in his first battle; their generals are seized under a flag of truce; and the survivors, leaderless in hostile country, elect a young Athenian to lead them home. Xenophon wrote the account himself, in the third person, an...
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Xenophon (c. 430–355 BCE) was an Athenian soldier, historian, and student of Socrates. He led the retreat of the Ten Thousand, a Greek mercenary army, from Persia, an expedition he recounted in his Anabasis.
Xenophon (c. 430–355 BCE) was an Athenian soldier, historian, and student of Socrates. He led the retreat of the Ten Thousand, a Greek mercenary army, from Persia, an expedition he recounted in his Anabasis.
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