Anabasis (Xenophon)

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. Who wrote Anabasis (Xenophon)?Circa 430 BC
2. What is the Anabasis about?The Anabasis is a story about 10,000 Greek soldiers who marched deep into Persia to fight for a king, but after their leader died they had to find their way back home.
3. Why did the Greek soldiers travel so far?The soldiers were hired by Cyrus the Younger, who promised them high pay and the chance to loot, so they joined his army to help him take the Persian throne.

Hoplites: Heavily armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece, forming the main fighting force of city-states.
Battle of Cunaxa: The decisive battle in 401 BC where Cyrus the Younger was killed, leading to the Greek army's predicament.
Satrap: A governor of a province in ancient Persian empires.