Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age wwiihistory The Uncivil Wars

The Uncivil Wars

Palace of Desire

Author/Contributor(s): Aliki

“Equally enchanting and disorienting

Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age wwiihistory The Uncivil WarsAuthor Contributor(s): Waterfield, Robin Publisher: Belknap Press Date: 10 01 2008 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In The Expedition of Cyrus, the Western world's first eyewitness account of a military campaign, Xenophon told how, in 401 B. C., a band of unruly Greek mercenaries traveled east to fight for the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to wrest the throne of the mighty Persian empire from his brother. With this first masterpiece