September 11, 2006
Xenophon
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Xenophon was a Greek soldier and writer. A disciple of Socrates, he joined the Greek force known as the Ten Thousand that was in the service of Cyrus the Younger, who intended to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. After the death of Cyrus, Xenophon led the Greek troops to the Black Sea, an ordeal he recounted in Anabasis. Xenophon is often cited as having been the original what?
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