Anabasis (ed. 2)
- Language:
- English
- Translation:
- J. S. Watson
- Status:
- Selection or partial work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- No scanning noise detected (automatic measure over the whole text, not checked by hand)
- Extent:
- ~62,100 words · 295 passages
Cite this work
- APAXenophon. (n.d.). The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis [Anabasis (ed. 2)] (J. S. Watson, Trans.). Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/xenophon/the-first-four-books-of-xenophon-s-anabasis
- MLAXenophon. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis [Anabasis (ed. 2)]. Translated by J. S. Watson. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/xenophon/the-first-four-books-of-xenophon-s-anabasis.
- ChicagoXenophon. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis [Anabasis (ed. 2)]. Translated by J. S. Watson. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/xenophon/the-first-four-books-of-xenophon-s-anabasis.
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What it is about
The first four books of the Anabasis: the battle of Cunaxa and the march up to the sight of the sea.
Context and history
A school edition: these four books were the canonical text for teaching Greek, which is why they circulated separately. **Not a distinct work** — a part of the Anabasis. Note: the catalogue carries the Anabasis in more than one version — complete, the first four books, and another English translation — plus the modern Greek volume. Say which edition you are citing, and better still the book and chapter.
Editorial context, not a citable source: unlike the passages of the work itself, these statements cannot be checked against the corpus.
officers communicated these orders to their soldiers; and, when the trumpeter gave the signal, they presented arms and advanced. Then, as they proceeded with a quicker pace and loud shouts, the soldiers of their own accord took to running, bearing down upon the tents of the Persians. 18. Upon this, there arose great terror among the rest of the Barbarians; the Cilician queen fled from her car; and the people in the market deserted their goods and took to their heels; while the Greeks marched up to the tents with laughter. The Cilician queen, on beholding the splendour and discipline of the army, was struck with admiration; and Cyrus was delighted when he saw the terror with which the Greeks inspired the Barbarians. 19. Hence he advanced, three days' march, a distance of twenty parasangs, to Iconium, the last town of Phrygia; where he halted three days. He then went forward through Lycaonia, five days' march, a distance of thirty parasangs; and this country, as being that of an enemy, he permitted the Greeks to ravage. 20. From hence Cyrus despatched the Cilician queen, by the shortest road, into Cilicia; and sent with her the troops which Menon had, and Menon himself. Cyrus, with the rest of the army, proceeded through Cappadocia, four days' march, a distance of twenty-five parasangs, to Dana, a populous, large, and wealthy city. Here he stayed three days; in the course of which he put to death a Persian, named Megaphernes, a wearer of the royal purple,[30] and a certain other person in power, one of the provincial governors having accused them of conspiring against him. 21. They then made an attempt to enter Cilicia; but the sole entrance was a road broad enough only for a single carriage, very steep, and impracticable for an army to pass, if any one opposed them. Syennesis, besides, was said to be stationed on the heights, guarding the defile; on which account Cyrus halted for a day in the plain.…