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March of the 10,000

The Ancients

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The Enabisist

The famous cry of the 10,000 is an iconic moment not only in this book but also in European literature. And as a narrative, as a book, the enabisist goes from this this horrible story to all of a sudden probably the most famous scene in theEnabisist. So they're on the south sort of central black sea coast at this point and they need ships so they send their sort of main leader Khirasovos the Spartan to go get some ships. There's even an indication Xenophon might even have been dabbling with the idea of staying keeping them there in some way.

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