One of the foundational works of military history and political
philosophy, and an inspiration for Alexander the Great, the
Anabasis of Cyrus recounts the epic story of the Ten Thousand, a
band of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to overthrow
his brother, Artaxerxes, king of Persia and the most powerful man
on earth. It shows how Cyrus' army was assembled covertly and led
from the coast of Asia Minor all the way to Babylon; how the Greeks
held the field against a superior Persian force; how Cyrus was
killed, leaving the Greeks stranded deep within enemy territory;
and how many of them overcame countless dangers and found their way
back to Greece.
Their remarkable success was due especially to the wily and
decisive leadership of Xenophon himself, a student of Socrates who
had joined the Ten Thousand and, after most of the Greek generals
had been murdered, rallied the despondent Greeks, won a position of
leadership, and guided them wisely through myriad obstacles.
In this new translation of the Anabasis, Wayne Ambler achieves a
masterful combination of liveliness and a fidelity to the original
uncommon in other versions. Accompanying Ambler's translation is a
penetrating interpretive essay by Eric Buzzetti, one that shows
Xenophon to be an author who wove a philosophic narrative into his
dramatic tale. The translation and interpretive essay encourage
renewed study of the Anabasis as a work of political philosophy.
They also celebrate its high adventure and its hero's adroit
decision-making under the most pressing circumstances.
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