1824 The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks

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A translation of the work of Xenophon of Athens, a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand. An account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand, an army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC. With notes and a detailed index. Translated by Edward Spelman, an English author and translator.