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The ''Anabasis'' ([[I Have Many Names|also called]] ''The Anabasis of Cyrus'', ''The March Up Country'', ''The March of the Ten Thousand'', and ''The Persian Expedition'') is a work by the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] writer [[Xenophon (Creator)|Xenophon]]. It details the journey of 10,000 Greek mercenaries in the army of Cyrus the Younger as he seeks to overthrow his older brother, the King of Persia Artaxerxes II. They fight Artaxerxes' army at Cunaxa, defeating it, and all seems well...▼
| title = Anabasis
| original title = Ἀνάβασις
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| author = Xenophon
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| elevator pitch = The March of the Ten Thousand, as told by one of the soldiers
| genre = History
| publication date = circa 370 BCE
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▲The '''''Anabasis''''' ([[I Have Many Names|also called]] ''The Anabasis of Cyrus'', ''The March Up Country'', ''The March of the Ten Thousand'', and ''The Persian Expedition'') is a work by the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] writer [[
Until they realize that Cyrus [[Decapitated Army|had been killed in battle]], leaving the Ten Thousand deep in the Persian Empire--whose king they had just fought to overthrow--with few or no friends and a long way to go before they could find anything even remotely resembling safety.
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There begins the real story, as the Ten Thousand battle the elements, Persian treachery, and their own fears--encountering some interesting people along the way--as they try to make their way back to Greece.
A classic of Western literature, and frequently the first full original text a student of Ancient Greek will read, on account of the exciting, action-packed plot and Xenophon's clear, energetic writing style (rather like [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Caesar]]'s ''Commentaries on the Gallic Wars'' for Latin students). Classics professors often joke (or half-joke) that ''this'' is the book that Hollywood should make a movie of. And they have--sort of: ''[[The Warriors (
You can read the original work [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=BD7F750EB08CBCA8A17961DC749836E5?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.01.0201 here]. If that's all Greek to you<ref>Sorry.</ref>, you might want to check out [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0202 this English translation] instead.
Needs [[Wiki Magic]] to make it shine.
Not to be confused with ''Anabasis Alexandri'', a history of the campaigns of [[Alexander the Great]] by Greek historian Arrian.
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* [[Badass Army]]: The Ten Thousand.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Socrates]], of whom Xenophon was a student, makes a brief appearance at the beginning, trying to persuade Xenophon not to join the Ten Thousand.
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