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64 - Xenophon, Anabasis VII

Cost of Glory

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Xenophon and the Struggles of the Greeks

Xenophon describes one last daring raid on a local Persian nobleman in the area. He was exiled from his native Athens shortly after this but he lived another 40 years retiring mostly to his estate. Xenophon himself actually picks up where he left off in the anabasis in his other work the Hellenica and maybe we'll treat some of them someday.

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