The retreat of the ten thousand
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The Retreat of the Ten Thousand , or Xenophon’s Anabasis retold for all audiences . After the death of the old Persian king, his two sons fight for the throne. One of them, the young prince Cyrus, has a powerful weapon at his a mercenary army of 13,000 Greek soldiers , which will certainly ensure his victory on the battlefield against the new king, his older brother Artaxerxes. And this Greek army proves invincible in the battle of Cunaxa . However, something unexpected and terrible happens despite the victory . Now, the Greek army finds itself in the midst of a hostile country, thousands of m...
Chapters (240)
- THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND
- I THE GREAT KING
- II THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
- III HELLAS
- IV THE RIVAL BROTHERS
- V PREPARATIONS
- VI ON THE MARCH
- VII THE PRINCESS EPYAXA
- VIII CLEARCHUS
- IX NEGOTIATIONS AT TARSUS
- X FROM TARSUS TO MYRIANDUS
- XI THE CROSSING OF THE EUPHRATES
- XII IN THE DESERT
- XIII THE TREACHERY OF ORONTES
- XIV THE KING APPROACHES
- XV BEFORE THE BATTLE.
- XVI THE BATTLE OF CUNAXA
- XVII THE TREATY WITH ARIÆUS
- XVIII THE TREATY WITH THE GREAT KING
- XIX THE DEFECTION OF ARIÆUS
- XX A CONFERENCE WITH TISSAPHERNES
- XXI THE TREACHERY OF TISSAPHERNES
- XXII XENOPHON
- XXIII ELECTION OF OFFICERS
- XXIV XENOPHON ADDRESSES THE TROOPS
- XXV ANNOYED BY MITHRIDATES
- XXVI HARASSED BY TISSAPHERNES
- XXVII THE LAST OF TISSAPHERNES
- XXVIII THE RIVER OR THE MOUNTAINS?
- XXIX THE CARDUCHIANS
- XXX SEIZING A PASS
- XXXI A LONG DAY’S FIGHTING
- XXXII THE CROSSING OF THE KENTRITES
- XXXIII THE SATRAP TIRIBAZUS
- XXXIV AN ARMENIAN WINTER
- XXXV ARMENIAN VILLAGES
- XXXVI THE TAOCHIANS
- XXXVII THE SEA! THE SEA!
- XXXVIII THE MACRONIANS AND THE COLCHIANS
- XXXIX THE GAMES AT TREBIZOND
- XL THE AFTER-LIFE OF XENOPHON
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