| The Persian Expedition Contributor(s): Xenophon (Author), Bottino, Pat (Read by), Warner, Rex (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1433245167 ISBN-13: 9781433245169 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $72.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This record of one of the most famous marches in history contains an account of the day-to-day life of ordinary men and soldiers and demonstrates how Greek theories of government and morality worked out in practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 935.050 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.42" W x 6.42" (0.64 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Xenophon, after being exiled from Athens, spent the last years of his life hunting, writing, and recalling in his books the great days of the Persian expedition. This record of one of the most famous marches in history contains an account of the day-to-day life of ordinary men and soldiers. It demonstrates how Greek theories of government and morality worked out in practice--for with his admiration for the great, Xenophon had a rare ability to understand and describe the outlook of lesser men. His own fortunes, too, are intensely moving. Cool, calculating, brilliant, and intensely pious, he is one of the most fascinating characters of history, and his account of his own doings is so far from being self-conscious that he seems to be one of the very few Greeks whose ways and manners have been accurately documented. |
Contributor Bio(s): Xenophon: - Xenophon (c. 431-355 BC) served for some years as a mercenary in the Middle East and Asia Minor and later wrote pioneering works on history, politics, and philosophy, as well as a number of technical treatises. |