Back to Anabasis Anabasis Chapter guide 1.1Book 1. Chapter 1Prince Cyrus plots to take the Persian throne from his brother and quietly hires Greek soldiers. Play 1.2Book 1. Chapter 2The army gathers at Sardis and marches inland, supposedly against the Pisidians. Play 1.3Book 1. Chapter 3At Tarsus the Greeks refuse to go on. Clearchus talks them round. Play 1.4Book 1. Chapter 4Through Cilicia to Issus and the Syrian Gates, then on to the Euphrates. Play 1.5Book 1. Chapter 5Across the Arabian desert, flat as the sea, hunting wild asses and ostriches. Play 1.6Book 1. Chapter 6Cyrus puts the traitor Orontas on trial. Play 1.7Book 1. Chapter 7Cyrus reviews his army at midnight and promises great rewards. Play 1.8Book 1. Chapter 8The battle of Cunaxa. The Greeks win their side, but Cyrus charges his brother and is killed. Play 1.9Book 1. Chapter 9A portrait of Cyrus: brave, generous and loyal to his friends. Play 1.10Book 1. Chapter 10The king's troops loot the camp, and the Greeks hold the field, not yet knowing Cyrus is dead. Play 2.1Book 2. Chapter 1The Greeks learn Cyrus is dead. The king orders them to surrender their weapons. They refuse. Play 2.2Book 2. Chapter 2Ariaeus offers to lead them home, and the two armies march together. Play 2.3Book 2. Chapter 3The king asks for a truce, and Clearchus bargains for food. Play 2.4Book 2. Chapter 4Tissaphernes promises to guide them home. Trust runs thin. Play 2.5Book 2. Chapter 5At the river Zapatas, Clearchus goes to talk peace with Tissaphernes. Play 2.6Book 2. Chapter 6The Greek generals are seized and beheaded. Portraits of Clearchus, Proxenus and Menon. Play 3.1Book 3. Chapter 1Lost and leaderless far from home, a young Athenian named Xenophon wakes the army. Play 3.2Book 3. Chapter 2New generals are chosen, and Xenophon tells the army how to get home. Play 3.3Book 3. Chapter 3They burn their wagons and set out, harassed by Persian horsemen. Play 3.4Book 3. Chapter 4Slingers and new cavalry help them hold off the attacks. Play 3.5Book 3. Chapter 5Trapped between rivers and mountains, they decide to go north through the Carduchian hills. Play 4.1Book 4. Chapter 1Night march into the mountains of the Carduchians. Play 4.2Book 4. Chapter 2A hard fight to seize a pass, led by a captured guide. Play 4.3Book 4. Chapter 3At the river Centrites they find enemies on both banks. Play 4.4Book 4. Chapter 4Into Armenia. A deal with the governor Tiribazus. Play 4.5Book 4. Chapter 5Deep snow, frostbite and hunger. Some villages have houses dug underground. Play 4.6Book 4. Chapter 6A village chief guides them, then runs away. Play 4.7Book 4. Chapter 7They storm a Taochian fort, march on, and from a mountain top the soldiers shout: The sea! The sea! Play 4.8Book 4. Chapter 8Through the Macrones and Colchians to the Greek city of Trapezus on the Black Sea. Play 5.1Book 5. Chapter 1At Trapezus they hold games and debate going home by sea. Play 5.2Book 5. Chapter 2Raids for food and an attack on the Drilae. Play 5.3Book 5. Chapter 3The sick and old sail ahead. Xenophon tells of the temple he later built for Artemis. Play 5.4Book 5. Chapter 4Through the land of the Mossynoecians, who live in wooden towers. Play 5.5Book 5. Chapter 5On to the Chalybes, iron workers, and the Greek town of Cotyora. Play 5.6Book 5. Chapter 6Envoys from Sinope advise them on the way ahead. Play 5.7Book 5. Chapter 7Xenophon dreams of founding a city. Rumours turn the army against him. Play 5.8Book 5. Chapter 8The generals are put on trial for their conduct. Xenophon defends himself. Play 6.1Book 6. Chapter 1Raids in Paphlagonia. The army offers Xenophon sole command, and he says no. Play 6.2Book 6. Chapter 2The army splits into three groups along the coast. Play 6.3Book 6. Chapter 3The Arcadians attack alone and are trapped. Xenophon rescues them. Play 6.4Book 6. Chapter 4They reunite at Calpe Haven, a fine harbour on the Thracian coast. Play 6.5Book 6. Chapter 5Hunger and bad omens, then a victory over the Bithynians. Play 6.6Book 6. Chapter 6The Spartan Cleander arrives, and a quarrel is settled. Play 7.1Book 7. Chapter 1At Byzantium the Spartans try to be rid of the army, and the soldiers storm the city gates. Play 7.2Book 7. Chapter 2Leaders split and the army drifts outside Byzantium. Play 7.3Book 7. Chapter 3Xenophon agrees to serve the Thracian prince Seuthes. A feast and a promise of pay. Play 7.4Book 7. Chapter 4A winter campaign in Thrace, burning villages for Seuthes. Play 7.5Book 7. Chapter 5Seuthes is slow to pay, and the soldiers blame Xenophon. Play 7.6Book 7. Chapter 6Spartan envoys arrive to hire the army against Tissaphernes. Play 7.7Book 7. Chapter 7Xenophon finally gets the soldiers their pay from Seuthes. Play 7.8Book 7. Chapter 8Xenophon sells his horse, raids a Persian estate, and hands the army to the Spartans. Play Listen to Anabasis free
