Anabasis

Xenophon’s classic march narrative follows a stranded Greek army through retreat, leadership crisis, and survival.

At a glance Anabasis turns military retreat into one of the foundational narratives of endurance in… After the failure of Cyrus the Younger’s campaign, a Greek force stranded deep in… Xenophon gives the story unusual immediacy by focusing not only on events, but on the… Themes The book explores leadership, morale, discipline, persuasion, logistics, and the…

The book explores leadership, morale, discipline, persuasion, logistics, and the unstable border between courage and desperation.