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Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire.The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green.. Written years after the events it recounts, Xenophon's book Anabasis (Greek: ἀνάβασις, literally "going up") [14] is his record of the expedition of Cyrus and the Greek mercenaries' journey to home. [15]
Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire.The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green.. The Ten Thousand (Ancient Greek: οἱ Μύριοι, hoi Myrioi) were a force of mercenary units, mainly Greeks, employed by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II.
Xenophon's Anabasis, translated by Carleton Lewis Brownson. [1]Anabasis (/ ə ˈ n æ b ə s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀνάβασις; an "expedition up from") is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. [2]
Xenophon noted that those who consumed small amounts of the honey became drunk, while those who consumed a lot went mad. It is believed that the Colchians deliberately left this honey out, and that mad honey was the first biological weapon used in history to incapacitate enemies. [1]
Anaxibius shipped the Ten Thousand of Xenophon from Chrysopolis to Byzantium. Anaxibius ( Ancient Greek : Ἀναξίβιος ), was the Spartan admiral stationed at Byzantium in 400 BC, to whom the Greek troops of Cyrus the Younger , on their arrival at Trapezus on the Euxine , sent their general, Cheirisophus , to obtain a sufficient number ...
Kelly Ripa is giving fans an update on her family's senior dog, Chewie.. After getting emotional during a recent episode of Live with Kelly and Mark over her 17-year-old dog's deteriorating health ...
And they arrive on top of the mountain on the fifth day. The mountain was called Theches. And when the first men arrived on top of the mountain and saw the sea below them, there was a lot of shouting. When Xenophon and the rearguard heard this, they thought that some other enemies were attacking them from in front.
Timothée Chalamet’s global press tour for “A Complete Unknown” went viral when he rode an electric Lime bike into the London premiere of the acclaimed Bob Dylan movie. But it turns out ...