About this title: In "The Persian Expedition", Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain - adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes. In this outstanding description of endurance and individual bravery, Xenophon, one ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Edition or Printing Not Stated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Anchor Books
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good Plus. No Jacket. 7 X 4 1/2. Edges and corners very good, page edges browning. No conspicuous wear. Pages are firm and clean. Binding very firm and straight. If needed for reference, research, analysis, dissertation or just enjoyment this is the one. Insignificant underlining. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, Baltimore, Maryland
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. has numerious tears, chips and creases; moderate to heavy edge wear/ readers slant/ corners and spine bumped. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140440072ISBN:0140440070
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books,, Baltimore:
Date Published: 1965
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Translated from the Greek by Rex Warner. Book club edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1970-01-01
ISBN-13:9780140440072ISBN:0140440070
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Dustjacket is tattered at edges. Top edge soiled.; The Penguin Classics; Book Club Edition; 1.3 x 8.5 x 5.8 Inches. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1950
ISBN-13:9780140440072ISBN:0140440070
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Description: Good. Good-Very Good-over6? "-Tight and clean copy, in very good condition, with a flat uncreased spine. Light age tan, spot of soiling on inside front cover. We promptly attend to requests for more detailed description, scanned images, synopsis, other available information. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics L7 UK
Description: Soft cover. Reprinted 1952. Mass market paperback. Good. Prev owners name on inside. Spine browned and some fading on cover. Inside text still tight and unmarked. Light edgewear. Translation by Rex Warner. read more
"The Persian Expedition was great for telling the story of 10,000 Greek warriors who decided to take the sensible path of risk instead of surrender to the Persians. The Expedition begins as the Greeks fight in a losing battle (because Cyrus was killed, not because the battle was otherwise lost) against numerically superior forces. Then, they fight their way out of Persia, and through barbarian territories, facing superior numbers and a variety of challenges.
Unfortunately, Xenophon proves himself to be a loathsome bandit by the end of the book, which is probably why he lived out his days in Sparta, with all the other bandits, instead of with the civilized Greeks in Athens, which would have been his birthright had he not cast it aside."
"An excellent handbook on how to be an upstanding aristocratic general, should you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of Persia with ten thousand of your friends, needing to march out. If we try as hard as we call all our lives, we'll still never be as cool as ten thousand ancient Greek mercenaries marching a thousand miles out of a hostile Persia."
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