Anabasis

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1859 · Xenophon

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Anabasis is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. It gives an account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand, an army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1859
Genres: travel book, historiography
Created by: Xenophon
Countries: Ancient Greece