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62 - Xenophon, Anabasis V

Cost of Glory

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The Legend of Xenophon

Xenophon was a local big man for an entire small city of Greece, which is less than an hour's walk away from Olympia. He dedicates his land to the goddess Artemis and offers it up as sacrifice every year in her honor. His sons used to have a hunting expedition at the time of the festival with any grown men who so wished that would join them.

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