The Anabasis of Cyrus is Xenophon's counterpart to Machiavelli's Prince. The work explores the political life at its peak, examining whether morality and advantage can be reconciled in and through rul
Xenophon's famous work tells of Greek mercenaries hightailing it home in 401 BC after their Persian client Cyrus and their own top commanders were killed. It is widely read by students of Greek litera
One of the foundational works of military history and political philosophy, and an inspiration for Alexander the Great, the Anabasis of Cyrus recounts the epic story of the Ten Thousand, a band of Gre
