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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 938
EAN num: 9780674991019
ISBN number: 067499101X
Label: Loeb Classical Library
Manufacturer: Loeb Classical Library
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 672
Printing Date: December 30, 1998
Publishing house: Loeb Classical Library
Sale Popularity Level: 118588
Studio: Loeb Classical Library
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Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell to Xenophon to lead the Greeks from the gates of Babylon back to the coast through inhospitable lands. Later he wrote the famous vivid account of this 'March Up-Country' (Anabasis); but meanwhile he entered service under the Spartans against the Persian king, married happily, and joined the staff of the Spartan king, Agesilaus. But Athens was at war with Sparta in 394 and so exiled Xenophon. The Spartans gave him an estate near Elis where he lived for years writing and hunting and educating his sons. Reconciled to Sparta, Athens restored Xenophon to honour but he preferred to retire to Corinth.
Xenophon's Anabasis is a true story of remarkable adventures. Hellenica, a history of Greek affairs from 411 to 362, begins as a continuation of Thucydides' account. There are four works on Socrates (collected in Volume IV of the Loeb Xenophon edition). In Memorabilia Xenophon adds to Plato's picture of Socrates from a different viewpoint. The Apology is an interesting complement to Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial. Xenophon's Symposium portrays a dinner party at which Socrates speaks of love; and Oeconomicus has him giving advice on household management and married life. Cyropaedia, a historical romance on the education of Cyrus (the Elder), reflects Xenophon's ideas about rulers and government; the Loeb edition is in two volumes.
We also have his Hiero, a dialogue on government; Agesilaus, in praise of that king; Constitution of Lacedaemon (on the Spartan system); Ways and Means (on the finances of Athens); Manual for a Cavalry Commander; a good manual of Horsemanship; and a lively Hunting with Hounds. The Constitution of the Athenians, though clearly not by Xenophon, is an interesting document on politics at Athens. These eight books are collected in the last of the seven volumes of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Xenophon.
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I read Xenophon's Anabasis to give me some insight to how Alexander the III of Macedon was thinking in terms of logistics and geography when he was conquering Persia. Historians of antiquity have said that Alexander had read and carried Anabasis on his campaign against Darius and that he possibly used information from the book to avoid making the same mistakes Cyrus the Young made at the battle of Cunaxa. Regardless, the book stands on its own and will open up a whole new course of study for those interested in ancient Greek military history. On the less academic side, the book entails a great story of a struggle of a brotherhood of men against a Persian Army, mother nature, their own hubris, and against the very Greek gods themselves. I agree with another reviewer when he/she said that Anabasis would make a great movie. It would. "March of the Ten Thousand,".....I can see it now....
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This exciting battle story also is a meditation on leadership as the Greeks very first attack and then retreat from the Persians across Tigris and Euphrates geography all too familiar at the present time.
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I confess that I have heard of this classic for years and never made an endeavor to read it until recently. It is a classic because it has stood the test of time. It is an outstanding account of the Greek Mercinaries who fought with Cyris in the 5th century BC. Although it reads much differently than a novel it is much more fascinating when you know that the words are written by the man who really participated in this epic adventure and survived to tell his story. I highly reccomend it to anyone who is interested in classsical warfare of just likes a good adventure story of men enduring extreme hardship and winning the battle in the end. You will not be disappointed.
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It's a brilliant story, an epic hard to be found in other forms of literature throughout the world. Enjoyable, readable.
On a secondary note, I noticed the references to the absence of a movie. I'm writing a screenplay for this book, I'm an amateur writer in my free time and apart from poetry, fiction and short stories I'm interested in making screenplays from a few famous Classical stories. One of these is the battle of Marathon and the Anabasis itself. If you're interested my email is keltic_chi@yahoo.fr
Back to the story itself, I believe it's one of the few classical books that can be read by anyone, even if you're not particularly interested in the ancient world.
Jan
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Arguably the greatest military memoir ever written as well as the one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Xenophon shows himself to be both a strong, fair leader and a humble person as he recounts the retreat from enemy territory. I understand there was a time when this was part of a mandatory curriculum in schools. How far we have fallen. Anabasis is a great story for all ages and would be a wise choice as a gift for young readers ( even if the younger ones need some help from their parents).
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