Xenophon, Anabasis II
Best highlights, power quotes, and notes from a leadership and adventure classic, Xenophon's Anabasis 2.
Featuring:
-Deciding who won a battle
-How to deceive the wise
-The noble and the base among Greek leaders
-The hazards of date palm wine
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Characters
Cyrus The Younger (RIP)
Ariaeus
Phalinus of Persia
Ctesias of Cnidos
Clearchus of Laconia/Sparta
Xenophon of Athens
Proxenus of Thebes/Boeotia
Menon of Thessaly
Tissaphernes
Ataxerxes, King of Kings
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