Librivox: Xenophon's Anabasis by Xenophon
Summary: Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. "Anabasis" is a Greek work which meane "journey from the coast to the center of a country." This is Xenophon's account of his march to Persia with a troop of Greek mercenaries to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and take the throne from his brother Artaxerxes, and the ensuing return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and March 399 B.C. H. G. Dakyns lived from (1838 - 1911). (Summary from Gutenberg version of text.)
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: LibriVox
Podcasts:
01_xenophons-anabasis
02_xenophons-anabasis
03_xenophons-anabasis
04_xenophons-anabasis
05_xenophons-anabasis
06_xenophons-anabasis
07_xenophons-anabasis
08_xenophons-anabasis
09_xenophons-anabasis
10_xenophons-anabasis
11_xenophons-anabasis
12_xenophons-anabasis
13_xenophons-anabasis
14_xenophons-anabasis
15_xenophons-anabasis