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57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV

Cost of Glory

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The Struggles of a Soldier in the Mountains

A long race in which more than 60 Cretans took part, wrestling, boxing and the pancratean. The riders had to drive their horses down the steep slope, turn them around on the shore and bring them back up again to the altar. So there was much shouting and laughter and cheering. And with that, book four comes to a close.

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