Anabasis

Xenophon

Anabasis is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. It narrates the expedition of a large 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. The seven books making up the Anabasis were composed circa 370 BC. Though as an Ancient Greek vocabulary word, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ means "embarkation", "ascent" or "mounting up", the title Anabasis is rendered in translation as The March Up Country or as The March of the Ten Thousand. The narration of the army's journey across Asia Minor and Mesopotamia is Xenophon's best known work, and "one of the great adventures in human history".

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	Preț	Express
Paperback (4)	104^.55 lei 6-8 săpt.
Outlook Verlag – 2018	244^.58 lei 3-5 săpt.
Blurb – 21 aug 2022	104^.55 lei 6-8 săpt.
HardPress Publishing – 18 aug 2019	158^.14 lei 38-45 zile
Kessinger Publishing – 6 noi 2009	278^.63 lei 38-45 zile
Hardback (3)	194^.82 lei 6-8 săpt.
Outlook Verlag – 2018	383^.90 lei 3-5 săpt.
Engage Classics – 29 dec 2020	194^.82 lei 6-8 săpt.
Royal Classics – 24 feb 2020	417^.05 lei 38-45 zile

Preț

Express

Paperback (4)

104^.55 lei 6-8 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 2018

244^.58 lei 3-5 săpt.

Blurb – 21 aug 2022

104^.55 lei 6-8 săpt.

HardPress Publishing – 18 aug 2019

158^.14 lei 38-45 zile

Kessinger Publishing – 6 noi 2009

278^.63 lei 38-45 zile

Hardback (3)

194^.82 lei 6-8 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 2018

383^.90 lei 3-5 săpt.

Engage Classics – 29 dec 2020

194^.82 lei 6-8 săpt.

Royal Classics – 24 feb 2020

417^.05 lei 38-45 zile

Notă biografică

Xenophon of Athens (c.¿431 BC - 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates. As a soldier, Xenophon became commander of the Ten Thousand at about 30, with noted military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge saying of him, "the centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior." He established the precedent for many logistical operations and was among the first to use flanking maneuvers, feints and attacks in depth. He was among the greatest commanders of antiquity. As a historian, Xenophon is known for recording the history of his time, the late-5th and early-4th centuries BC, in such works as the Hellenica, which covered the final seven years and the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), thus representing a thematic continuation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. As one of the Ten Thousand (Greek mercenaries), Xenophon participated in Cyrus the Younger's failed campaign to claim the Persian throne from his brother Artaxerxes II of Persia. He recounted the events in Anabasis, his most notable history. Like Plato, Xenophon is an authority on Socrates, about whom he wrote several books of dialogues (the Memorabilia) and an Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which recounts the philosopher's trial in 399 BC. Despite being born an Athenian citizen, Xenophon was also associated with Sparta, the traditional enemy of Athens. His pro-oligarchic politics, military service under Spartan generals in the Persian campaign and elsewhere, and his friendship with King Agesilaus II endeared Xenophon to the Spartans. Some of his works have a pro-Spartan bias, especially the royal biography Agesilaus and the Constitution of the Spartans. Xenophon's works span several genres and are written in plain-language Attic Greek, for which reason they serve as translation exercises for contemporary students of the Ancient Greek language. In the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius observed that, as a writer, Xenophon of Athens was known as the "Attic Muse," for the sweetness of his diction.