Anabasis AlexandriXenophon wrote several books most of which survived. The narrative is about military advance, or journey. And what a journey this was for 10,000 Greek mercenaries, through hostile territory, ultimately retreating back to Greece. Xenophon's informal and realistic style of writing makes this exciting real-life adventure story intensely interesting and captivating. Highly Recommended! |
Contents
Section 1 | 6 |
Section 2 | 18 |
Section 3 | 43 |
Section 4 | 46 |
Section 5 | 48 |
Section 6 | 50 |
Section 7 | 56 |
Section 8 | 71 |
Section 9 | 74 |
Section 10 | 76 |
Section 11 | 80 |
Section 12 | 82 |
Section 13 | 94 |
Section 14 | 95 |
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Acesines Alexander Alexander's anchorage animals Arabia Archias army bade battle beach camp Carmania Caucasus class of Indians coast corn Craterus crews cubits cymbals date-palms desert island Dionysus distressed ditch dwelt earth Egypt Egyptian eight hundred stades elephants enclosure Ethiopia expedition fifty stades fish Fish-eaters five hundred stades force four hundred stades fruits Gadrosians Ganges Greeks harbour Hephaestion Heracles horses hundred and fifty Hydaspes Hyphasis Indian rivers Indian tribe inhabited invaded India Ister King land of India length Leonnatus Macedonians Megasthenes Megasthenes says moored mountain mouth natives navigable Nearchus says Nereid Nile Nysa Onesicritus Oreitans oysters Parapamisus Pattala Peithon Persian Peucestas promontory Red Sea river Indus roadstead safe sail round sandy satrap Scythian sent shallows ships shore side six hundred stades sorts surf Susa Susians tamed elephants territory Thence they sailed thirty stades thousand stades three hundred stades traversing trees tributaries village weighed anchor whales