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55 - Xenophon, Anabasis III

Cost of Glory

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How to Motivate Your Managers

Xenophon tells the story of Xerxes killing 10,000 Greeks. The Persian king wanted to make them reproach in a byword and a cautionary tale. Herodotus' depiction of Xerxes shows that he was not quite as bad as Xenophon thought.

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