The title means going up

Anabasis is Greek for a journey up country, from the coast inland. Most of the book is actually the journey back.

He wrote about himself as he

Xenophon tells the story about himself in the third person, as if someone else were writing.

In another book Xenophon credited the Anabasis to a Themistogenes of Syracuse. Most scholars believe Xenophon wrote it all.

At Cunaxa the Greeks beat the troops in front of them, but Cyrus died, so the whole expedition failed.

The soldiers' cry on seeing the Black Sea from Mount Theches is one of the most famous moments in Greek writing.

With their generals gone, the army ran itself by votes and assemblies, like a city on the move.

Xenophon's books inspired Alexander the Great and other Greeks to conquer the Persian Empire.

The 1965 novel The Warriors, about a street gang crossing New York, was based on Anabasis. It became a film in 1979.

Anabasis

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The title means going up
Anabasis is Greek for a journey up country, from the coast inland. Most of the book is actually the journey back.
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He wrote about himself as he
Xenophon tells the story about himself in the third person, as if someone else were writing.
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A mystery author
In another book Xenophon credited the Anabasis to a Themistogenes of Syracuse. Most scholars believe Xenophon wrote it all.
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Winning and losing
At Cunaxa the Greeks beat the troops in front of them, but Cyrus died, so the whole expedition failed.
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The sea! The sea!
The soldiers' cry on seeing the Black Sea from Mount Theches is one of the most famous moments in Greek writing.
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A marching republic
With their generals gone, the army ran itself by votes and assemblies, like a city on the move.
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It inspired Alexander
Xenophon's books inspired Alexander the Great and other Greeks to conquer the Persian Empire.
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From Persia to New York
The 1965 novel The Warriors, about a street gang crossing New York, was based on Anabasis. It became a film in 1979.
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