The retreat of the ten thousand

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The retreat of the ten thousand

by C. (Carl) Witt, Xenophon

EN·~4 hours

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Description

Based on Xenophon's Anabasis.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (259K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896.

Credits

Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2023-10-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Iran -- History -- To 640Cyrus, the Younger, approximately 423 B.C.-401 B.C.Greece -- History -- Expedition of Cyrus, 401 B.C.

About the authors

C. (Carl) Witt

C. (Carl) Witt

1815–1891

A 19th-century German schoolmaster and classical scholar, he retold Greek myths and ancient history in a way meant to draw young readers into the world of Homer, Troy, and Xenophon. His books later reached English-speaking audiences through translations and adaptations.

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Xenophon

Xenophon

-431–-355

Ancient Greece’s great storyteller of campaigns, kings, and conversation still feels remarkably readable today. Best known for the Anabasis, he wrote from experience as a soldier, historian, and student of Socrates.

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